Except for Carpe Diem, My-father-plays-dominos-better-than-your-father-plays-dominos (said very quickly in a monotone), is all of the Latin that I thought I knew. But it turns out there is another Latin phrase that I know: Vice versa, but now a common English phrase. Curiously while vice is a word in its own…

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” Douglas Adams This was our mantra when we were at university. For me, though, it was more of a case of the sound of deadlines hurtling, seemingly out of no-where, towards me. I recently had…

My father wanted to be an archaeologist but was given no choice but to follow in his father’s footsteps and study engineering. After retiring from a successful career as a local Government Engineer, he completed his Masters in Archaeology. He also took up painting and writing. …

Some ideas just pop. Others just fizz out. Some ideas just pop. Others just fizz out. This weeks episode of The Common Creative is Creative Fermentation. Chef Garry Flynn shares a story of his entrepreneurial adventure in making Elderflower Presse (soft drink). …

Have a 16ft wooden sailing boat called Prioni. It is a Scruffie: a lot like its owner. Once a quarter, I partake in a little regatta run by a friend at Talburpin Point, Redland Bay. …

Snyder and the Swedes sounds to me like a Scandinavian rock and roll band. The new ABBA, maybe? It is the original name of a New York Creative agency now called SNYDER, where she now represents Illustrators, Artists and photographers. Its founder, Kristina Snyder, is the guest on this week’s…

For most of my life, I considered my mother to be the creative parent. Her hands were amazing; she was an incredibly talented piano teacher, cake-icer, tatter, crocheter, sewer, folk artist, china doll maker, stuffed animal maker, and so on. On the other hand, my father was an engineer, and…

A windsock is a very clever piece of engineering. My father took early retirement in his mid-50s from his position as Chief Engineer and Manager of the Works Department at the Brisbane City Council. …

A lot of people who know me would agree that I am pretty single-minded when it comes to creativity. But now I am in two minds about it. A recent study of Nobel prize-winning economists found two sweet spots in the age of researchers who win the prize. One group…