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Creativity... It's a magical and mysterious force - that shapes a lot of things that surround us in the world and in our daily lives. There is a belief that you are born creative...but that belief is bulls**t. Recently I've run a few neon light workshops where both adults and sometimes children have come to make things! And I've noticed the strangest thing! Whilst the kids will happily crack on with their ideas and create things without fear - adults on the other hand wi

A few thoughts today on happiness as I sit at my desk designing more packaging! Society is strange in the sense that it seems to focus on 'being happy' and how we should try and 'focus on our own happiness' (There are a few of the endless repetitive memes that fill my instagram feed on a daily basis sigh) But the trouble is society hasn't properly defined what happiness is. We always seem to be chasing happiness and yet it is so hard to define that it's an almost impossi