What Creating Can Give You
I spend a lot of time in my head, overthinking, overanalyzing. Here's the small thing that actually gets me out of it.
The Two Words Behind Messy Magic House
This is the story of a name that came together from two very different parts of my life.
I Didn't Call Myself Creative Until - I Decided To
I spent years not calling myself creative, like it was something you had to earn. This is the story of what finally changed my mind.
What Messy Magic Actually Means
I used to save the good paper for an idea worth using it on. It took years to realize what I was really protecting wasn't the paper. It was the fear of getting it wrong.
Are We Teaching Our Kids to Be Creative, Or Just Telling Them To?
We say all the right things. And then we won't pick up the brush unless we think we'll be good. On what we model, and why it matters more than what we say.
You Can't Control the How
Building something real means living in the gap between what you imagine and what exists. This is about what comes after you go anyway.
The Skill That Will Matter Most in the World Our Kids Are Growing Into
In a world changing faster than we can track, we can't prepare our kids for specific jobs. But we can prepare them for anything.
You Don't Have to Be Creative to Raise Creative Kids
You don't have to be an artistic person to raise a creative child. You just need to be willing to let them be one — and resist the urge to fix it.