Tag: creativity

• The untimely judge

  May 12

  I have been working on A Selfless Art for three years, thinking, reading and writing. I have been turning in circles for three years, starting, stopping, starting again. I understood why when… more ›

• Robert M. Pirsig on uncertainty

  Mar 3

  ‘And I’m sure that in any creative project you really can’t perceive what the end is going to be, unless it is a very small thing you’re doing.’ Robert M.… more ›

• Uncertainty and co-creation

  Jan 6

  During the course of the 20th century, human life became steadily more secure. The change was uneven but a period of relative peace after the Second World War, and better health… more ›

• Human capabilities, imagination and magic

  Nov 3

  The concept of human capabilities – as elaborated in the writings of Amartya Sen and Martha Nussbaum – is central to the new direction that A Selfless Art represents for… more ›

• Raising my voice

  Oct 5

  On Wednesday, I will speak to an audience of artists and activists in Prague. I will do so with some trepidation. It will be more than two years since I… more ›

• Responsibility and Joy

  Sep 30

  One reason for starting a new site, and one where words take first place, is to allow my thinking to breathe, expand and explore. I don’t know where it will… more ›

• Welcome to ‘A Selfless Art’

  Sep 29

  Co-creation (which I have called community art for most of my working life) is an infinitely rich and diverse practice that unites professional and non-professional artists in making art together.… more ›