Day: September 13, 2016

Journal

Nine Topics I’m Obsessed With Right Now: September 2016 Edition

Towards the end of 2015 I sat down and wrote up a list of my current obsessions, which tend to inform my creative work and the types of things I end up blogging about here. By their very nature, obsessions are a short-term thing: they may stem from long-term interests, but I tend to follow them down the rabbit hole while answering a particular kind of issue or momentary curiosity, and then they get replaced by what comes next. It’s been a while since that post was done, and a hell of a lot has changed in my life, so I figured it was worth revisiting. Here is a list of the current obsessions that are dominating my reading and thinking, and will inevitably lead into the blogging. ONE: THE WORK HABITS OF ARTISTS AND CREATIVES This is one of those recurring obsessions that comes up every week or so, and it’s been stoked by a weekend in Melbourne where