A little back story for today’s Fun recap, which is a bit of a yearly tradition. Around the Easter break, myself and 5 very dear friends have a habit of going away. We’ve been to Berlin, Amsterdam, New York, and […]
My bad: I did indeed miss one update last week, and I honestly don’t have a particularly good excuse. It did help me remember that.. the whole point of this year long challenge is to explore the concept of fun: […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Ben O’Brien (aka Ben the Illustrator.) Ben likely needs no introduction especially if you’re a fellow illustrator - and even if you’re not - there’s a good chance […]
If you read the title, you’ll know already that I did not uphold my planned fun activity this week which was to go to a car boot sale. Unfortunately the British springtime weather just didn’t seem appropriate for a wander […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Joe Moran, historian of the everyday, about his book on shyness, ‘Shrinking Violets.’ I was a bit surprised to find this is nothing like the self-help books I […]
By far the classiest, most cultured edition of the Year of Fun so far - I went to see (and hear) the orchestra! I’ve only been to the orchestra once before: the result of a spare ticket needing a taker, […]
Nearly two months into the Year of Fun and as far as I’m concerned, this has definitely made what are normally pretty hellish months… actually quite fun. This week’s Fun activity was a callback to my childhood: Scratch Art.I didn’t […]
In this week’s episode of the Creative Introvert podcast I talk to Jessica Serran, Visual Artist and the leader of the Becoming Artist Movement. Born in Ontario, Canada, Jessica holds an MA in Transformative Art from JFK University and a BFA […]
In theory, we improvise every day or at least the days when we talk to people. We listen, sometimes better than others, and respond accordingly.So why on earth is improv - or improvisation theatre - so bloody terrifying? I know […]
Agghhh! My first fun fail.Ok: not a 100% fail, but an… incomplete challenge.Last week’s fun assignment was… to crochet a bunny. I was so relieved! Finally something that cost me next to nothing, didn’t require booking anything or even leaving […]
