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Articles by Paul Fairweather
Saturday Conversation I: Unbridled Creativity
Over the last few weeks, I have regularly posted about all things creative on LinkedIn and set myself a challenge to post every day. I have had a regular writing habit for some time, but if I don’t post, I don’t edit or do an illustration. So, instead of filling away uncompleted, unillustrated pieces daily, I have been putting them into the world. Honestly, I thought it would be like shouting into the void, like yelling into an Anish Kapoor sculpture.
Visual Storytelling for Business
A few years back, I was prepping a column for the New Farm Village News (now Village Voice Brisbane) and sought feedback from an architect who worked for me at that time. Our working relationship was highly collaborative. She said, ‘Paul, your stories are fabulous, but the writing is shite. ( Susan Ellison is Irish). It was sad but true, so I accepted her offer to be my editor, and my pieces improved significantly.
As much colour splashes that I can get away with
I am preparing to co-curate a workshop with my good friend Russell Pearson CSP, which has more of an overt focus on art instead of just creativity. The motivation is getting people to think like an artist and apply some different thinking to their normal, non-artistic work. So, it raised the question, what is art? I have always liked Andy Warhol’s definition of art is whatever you can get away with.
Creativity is a see-change
In an earlier episode of The Common Creative Podcast, we interviewed Rachel Barnard, an Australian architect who went to New York on a scholarship but ended up creating an amazing not-for-profit called Young New Yorkers, an art-based program for teenagers who were being arrested, prosecuted and sentenced as adults for what is usually understood to be youthful behaviour. Most of the young people being arrested in NYC were African American or Latinx.
The Last Word on Creativity on Apple Podcasts
"If obituaries can't be fun, what's the point of dying?" - James Hagerty Known to his friends as Bob, James Hagerty has an illustrious career as a staff reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal spanning over four decades, covering stories across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. James Hagerty is the author of "Yours Truly," a remarkable guide to crafting life stories.
Foreshore, For Sure
Urdle was my son Nicholas's first word. For ages, Kara and I had no idea of what he was trying to say? I discovered the answer some months later on a visit to the Queensland Museum as we passed the Great Barrier Reef exhibit. He let out an almighty URDLE from his pram, furiously pointing at a giant green turtle on the wall. His excitement in seeing a real, albeit deceased, turtle, was evident, but there was also an exact intonation in the way he said it.
The Common Creative: Episode 74: Donna Loughlin
If you’ve ever considered launching your own business, this is the show for you. Donna Loughlin has helped over 500 businesses come to market and is full of insights for budding entrepreneurs. Donna Loughlin is the Founder of LMGPR and known for her work with futurists and innovators. She has launched more than 500 companies taking them from stealth to market leaders since forming her agency in 2002.
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