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Sustainably Creative by Michael Nobbs

Little and Often

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I’ve been pottering around in the studio today and have made a card of a drawing I made about eighteen months ago. The card is free to download and you can get via this page in The Shop. You will need to be a member of my Yahoo update group to download it, but you more »

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Looking forward to…


…a bowl of fruit crumble. I woke up feeling excited this morning and for a moment couldn’t think why – then I remembered the fruit crumble I’d made yesterday sitting in the fridge. Tidying the kitchen before bed and putting the crumble away in the fridge, I’d told myself, “You can have a bowl of more »

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Little Steps


I’m trying to remind myself of the importance (and general okayness) of taking little steps towards where I want to go. Maybe it’s because the days are lovely and long, or maybe it’s because I’ve been taking a bit of a break from things, but I’m suddenly being haunted by a driving urgency. Maybe that’s more »

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filling my pen…


I seem to be emerging (very slowly) from my blogging break. It’s actually been more than a blogging break; I feel as though I’ve been retreating from much that is creative in my life. I’ve probably needed the rest. I had been feeling as though I’d fallen back into struggling a great deal with much more »

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  • Michael Nobbs

    I'm Michael Nobbs, an artist, blogger and tea drinker (not necessarily in that order).

    I'd like to show you that it is possible to stay creative even when energy is in short supply, and how working on small creative acts on a regular basis can build over time into a substantial body of work (and even a creative career).

    I've written a book called Sustainable Creativity. You're welcome to pay whatever you would like for it.

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