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I write a blog every day. Here are the most recent posts.

April 27, 2020

Do you ever ask yourself this question? I think it’s a good one. Can you answer it straight away? I can give a myriad of answers but today I felt a form of happiness that I hadn’t felt for a while and it came about through video editing of all things. I’m not sure if …

When you feel the happiest, what are you doing? Read More »


April 26, 2020

Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around. Stephen King I’ve been thinking about this a bit recently. I think it doesn’t really matter what medium we use, but we should put more emphasis on creating art. Imagine if school were to simply create creators rather than obedient workers? I know …

Explore your boundaries with creativity Read More »


April 25, 2020

The ancient Japanese didn’t have a word for death. They believed the souls of the dead inhabited the same world as us, so they had no need for the term (the word for death in Japanese 死 (shi) came from China when they brought Buddhism over starting in the 6th century, that’s why there is …

In honour of the ancestors Read More »


April 24, 2020

This quote is so telling: “The best economic response to the virus was always going to be a strong public health response, and that’s why our strategy from the start has been to go hard and go early,” -NZ Finance Minister Grant Robertson. It goes without saying but I am extremely proud to be a …

The problem with living in Japan when NZ is clearly the better option Read More »


April 23, 2020

A few years ago, I was doing Yamabushi training at the top of Mt. Haguro when we could hear an alarm off in the distance. You know what the alarm was? North Korea had sent off a missile and it was headed in our direction. But, of course, we were in the middle of training, …

Do what you can Read More »


April 22, 2020

By writing a blog every day, you start to pick up on writing habits that you have. One I found was the word ‘actually’. This word actually has no meaning. I realised that if you take it out of any sentence, the meaning doesn’t actually change. I also try to make things as short as …

Actually Read More »


April 21, 2020

When my dad died young, it really made me think about what was important in life, and it had an unprecedented impact on my decision making too. My decisions went from ‘that could be good, I’ll think about trying it’ to ‘if I feel like doing it, I probably should’. And so I did, and …

The impetus Read More »


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