Between 2019-2021, I blogged about the creative process and the business of being an artist. I did my best to cram-jam my posts filled with useful tools, tips and hacks and straight-up honesty from my own point of view.
My focus was figuring out how we can overcome our creative blocks, actually finish our projects and earn money from our art. I also shared the work of Black and Global Majority artists.
Take a look around or see the posts by categories: creative process, self-producing, artist life hacks, artist series. I hope you find something useful here.
My Mum, Donna Penrose turned 70 a few weeks ago.
I genuinely lucked out with her. Or, if you go in for the idea that we choose our parents before we’re born, holy sh*t did I choose well.
In honour of her seven decades on this planet, I’m sharing 10 extremely useful life lessons she’s taught me by example…
Read MoreHow can I deal with constant comparison getting in my way?
How can I overcome professional jealousies?
If you've been struggling with those questions, you're not alone. Theodore Roosevelt famously said:
"Comparison is the thief of joy."
Read Morewhy & how I became a solo show creator & performer
In the autumn of 2007, I returned to Toronto from my first ever professional acting job (outdoor theatre on the farm theatre). I’d landed an agent but I was not having a good time. I was frustrated by my lack of creative control:
• I was bombing my auditions to play high school students in poorly written TV series or to sell toothpaste in commercials.
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