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Sustainably Creative by Michael Nobbs

Little and Often

teaspoon food


There is something very comforting about eating with a teaspoon, and eating with a teaspoon is something I’ve been doing a lot of recently. There’s my current favourite breakfast of boiled eggs of course, and now my current favourite pudding of trifle. So far over the last week or so my trifle count has reached more »

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packaged memories…


I’ve managed to sort through one box of my mother’s things this week – I was hoping for more but am telling myself to be happy with one; the pile left to work through is going down after all, and I’ve realised how much I’ve underestimated the emotional energy it takes. There have been some more »

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a day of portraits (or one way of keeping things ticking along)…


It’s no secret that I’m struggling along a little at the moment. This hasn’t been the easiest year; my mother’s illness and death, clearing her house, making the difficult decision to give up my day job – my immediate landscape looks very different than it did twelve months ago. Working at home does mean it’s more »

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Saturday means…


…breakfast in my Favourite Cafe. I usually meet a group of friends in my Favourite Cafe for breakfast on a Saturday. It’s something to look forward to and another small routine in what is at the moment quite a quiet life. This week there was even some drawing. My friend M draw N on a 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).

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