Introduction In a world where creativity is often seen as the result of an original spark, the truth is much more nuanced. Artists, in their various forms, are not lone geniuses creating something from nothing; we are collectors. We gather fragments from the world around us—ideas, sounds, visuals, stories—and blend them into something new. You…
Part 5: Building a New Path Introduction Hello dear readers! Welcome back to the final installment of my comeback series, From Renovation Chaos to Creative Clarity: My Comeback Story. Over the past four posts, I’ve shared my journey from creative burnout to reigniting my passion. In Part 1, The Hiatus (Or More Affectionately, I Hate…
Part 4: Stoking the Home Fires Introduction: Welcome back, dear readers, to the next chapter in my comeback story. If you’ve made it this far, you know that life’s storms have tested me in ways I couldn’t have imagined. From navigating relationship changes, the challenges of blending families, mental health hurdles, financial strain, and career…
Part 2: Life Changes and Adjustments Introduction: Hey everyone! Tim here again, back with more thoughts on my experiences in the past few years, working through my own feelings about my hiatus, so you don’t have to feel alone about your own struggles. * insert hug * If you’re still with me after Part 1,…
Where I came from, holding a door open for a stranger was absolutely necessary (especially the elderly), and minding your parents wishes at all times expected, but I also had the great privilege of choosing my career path, focusing on creative acts and experimenting with belief systems as I grew up. A strange combination of…
Here at timotheories I believe it’s important to provide you dear readers with a depth and breadth to my content which is fairly uncommon in many blogs of the day. I write about the arts (music, film, events), share global wisdom and learnings I’ve uncovered on how to maintain and flourish as a creative professional,…
Last Sunday I shared a preview of an interview with an illustrator and graphic designer who I’ve known for a quite a few years. She is one of my personal inspirations and she regularly sets a high standard for commitment to her craft. When I become a parent one day, I can only hope to be…
Everyone loves a good success story. It stimulates a part of our brain that is linked to the reward centre. It’s likely why motivational speakers have been really populariz over the past 70+ years, at least in western culture anyway. Quite a few years ago, I got serious about the teachings of man by the name…
I’ve disappointed myself once again, dear readers. There should have been a new Cross Talk this weekend. But due to some scheduling conflicts, I wasn’t able to set up the new weekly format as I would’ve liked AND drum up the productivity needed to edit together a new episode in time for a September 18th release – it…
When I was a kid my siblings and I used to love running around the department store, hiding from our mom, pretending we were ninjas, royalty, spacemen, and all kinds of other imaginary characters. At the time, it made sense to shuffle through the crowd of shoppers and challenge our mother’s patience, but as we…