By Sara Bright We are drowning in creativity. Or, at least, we are drowning in content, the term we now use for the relentless stream…
The silent architecture: mastering the art of the start. The popular caricature of design is one of spontaneous inspiration, a flash of genius that arrives…
By Sara Bright Remembering Elara Vance’s Greenwich Installation It was cold that day. I remember the particular, damp chill of London in mid-October, the kind…
By Sara Bright Why the Art World is Wrong About Gareth Monk So, Gareth Monk has won another prize. This time, the Abernathy Prize for…
By Sara Bright The Art of Not Trying There is a piece of advice often given to artists and musicians, a well-meaning mantra that has…
By Sara Bright There is a particular moment in the life of any creative project that is both terrifying and exhilarating. It is the moment…
By Sara Bright There is a phrase that has crept into the language of the art world, a seemingly harmless piece of marketing copy that…
By Sara Bright There is a certain kind of futurist argument that has become fashionable in discussions about creativity. It goes something like this: in…
By Sara Bright We have been sold a dangerous idea about creativity. It is the idea that it can be optimised. We are bombarded with…
By Sara Bright The sound of the curtain closing in a fitting room is a peculiar kind of silence. It is a sudden, muffled hush,…