Sven Klang’s Quintet: A Little Gem
Everywhere you turn these days there are lists. 100 Books to Read Before You Die. The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The 50 Best Travel Destinations. You get the idea. Hidden away amongst these lists you might find the 10 or 25 Best Jazz Films…
Why We All Need to Play More
“Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do,” noted humourist and novelist Mark Twain. “Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.”
Writing Is an Act of Discovery
"Ideas are like rabbits,” noted celebrated writer John Steinbeck. “You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." Except it doesn’t always work this way when it comes to your own blog…
Why Failure Matters
Albert Einstein famously noted that “Failure is success in progress.” He was clearly on to something there. Our society celebrates positivity and makes a fetish of success. But for creative work to succeed, we need to support an environment that encourages experimentation. And which recognises that failure is not only possible but desirable.
Let’s Talk About Walking
Friedrich Nietzsche isn’t everybody’s cup of tea. But he did get one thing right when he said, "All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking."