Slow down, Stand back, Paint one detail at a time
/Painter Tracey Read talks about spending four weeks painting and drawing her way around Italy.
Read MoreRabbit Hole is about recovering creativity. Read essays, interviews, reviews on the art of writing, illustrating, film and more.
Painter Tracey Read talks about spending four weeks painting and drawing her way around Italy.
Read MoreLia McKnight is a Perth-based artist who seamlessly moves between drawing, textiles, installation and sculpture. McKnight’s beautifully strange, yet eerily familiar works confuse the boundaries between the ‘natural’ and the ‘personal’—an idea that she and eleven other artists explore in a new group show at the Fremantle Arts Centre.
Read MoreMum’s recurring complaint is that dad never finishes anything. There’s a half-built brick barbecue at the end of the garden that in twenty years has never seen a hotplate, let alone a sausage or steak. It was the same too with the model train layout he built for me as a kid, which never sported truck nor track. But I didn’t realise till now that not finishing things could be a good thing, a helpful trick to keep your creativity on track.
Read MoreMore difficult than knowing where to begin is knowing when to stop. Pieces of writing we’re working on. Bad relationships. Eating. But when it comes to finding the best ending for a creative work, the perfect solution might be right under our noses.
Read MoreCan’t afford an expensive holiday overseas? Take some advice from an eighteen century writer, soldier and artist under house arrest and go on a magical sight-seeing tour of your very own home.
Read MoreTo be an artist, constantly risking your self-esteem by putting things out there in the world, requires a certain level of masochism. But how can that masochism be harnessed for good?
Read MoreBrian Eno and Peter Schmidt developed a series of cards to help artists break through their creative blocks and take risks in their work.
Read MoreWe can only hope that the resurgence of the extreme right in America inspires an equally strong counterculture. In the era of Trump, only punk can save us now.
Read MoreAuthor H.G. Wells had some great advice for writers, which is equally good advice for teachers too.
Read MoreThere are few noble professions left unspoiled by controversy. Take the all too common occurrence of pyromaniac firefighters, corrupt cops and sinful priests. But with librarians, it’s different. As Michelle Astrid Francis shows us, in her first essay for Rabbit Hole, your average librarian is not only guardian of the stacks, but also a gatekeeper to imaginary worlds beyond.
Read MoreThis week, thousands attended rallies around Australia to protest against Australia’s policy of offshore detention, and to call on the Government to allow 267 men, women and children, destined to be sent back to Nauru, to stay.
Read MoreWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade right? But what do you do if it gives you a debilitating autoimmune disease? If you're UK-based painter and Perth frequent flyer Becky Blair, you take it as an opportunity to reinvent yourself. A brand new interview and an inspiring read.
Read MoreOne Catholic nun influenced an entire generation of designers, artists and filmmakers. Her name was Sister Mary Corita Kent.
Read MoreWabi-sabi is a concept that lies at the heart of Japanese culture—an idea that places great value on incompleteness and imperfection.
Read MoreIn the last days before his execution, Saddam Hussein put down some final thoughts for prosperity in the form of a poem. This wasn’t the first time he had committed an act of literature. Saddam was already a published novelist.
Read MoreAmber Moffat talks about pursuing her dream of becoming a children’s book author and illustrator.
Read MoreViola Dana members Kathy Corecig and Pete Guazzelli talk about their latest project—a new film score for F.W. Murnau’s silent masterpiece Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922).
Read MoreFiona Burrows makes a compelling case for depth and complexity in children’s literature.
Read MoreSanna Peden talks about being a recovering academic and returning to her first loves: performing and the spoken word.
Read MorePlay is essential to creativity. This issue is about remembering how to do it.
Read MoreLia McKnight is a Perth-based artist who seamlessly moves between drawing, textiles, installation and sculpture. McKnight’s beautifully strange, yet eerily familiar works confuse the boundaries between the ‘natural’ and the ‘personal’—an idea that she and eleven other artists explore in a new group show at the Fremantle Arts Centre.
Mum’s recurring complaint is that dad never finishes anything. There’s a half-built brick barbecue at the end of the garden that in twenty years has never seen a hotplate, let alone a sausage or steak. It was the same too with the model train layout he built for me as a kid, which never sported truck nor track. But I didn’t realise till now that not finishing things could be a good thing, a helpful trick to keep your creativity on track.
More difficult than knowing where to begin is knowing when to stop. Pieces of writing we’re working on. Bad relationships. Eating. But when it comes to finding the best ending for a creative work, the perfect solution might be right under our noses.
Can’t afford an expensive holiday overseas? Take some advice from an eighteen century writer, soldier and artist under house arrest and go on a magical sight-seeing tour of your very own home.
To be an artist, constantly risking your self-esteem by putting things out there in the world, requires a certain level of masochism. But how can that masochism be harnessed for good?
Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt developed a series of cards to help artists break through their creative blocks and take risks in their work.
We can only hope that the resurgence of the extreme right in America inspires an equally strong counterculture. In the era of Trump, only punk can save us now.
Author H.G. Wells had some great advice for writers, which is equally good advice for teachers too.
There are few noble professions left unspoiled by controversy. Take the all too common occurrence of pyromaniac firefighters, corrupt cops and sinful priests. But with librarians, it’s different. As Michelle Astrid Francis shows us, in her first essay for Rabbit Hole, your average librarian is not only guardian of the stacks, but also a gatekeeper to imaginary worlds beyond.
Make Your Own Rabbit Hole is about recovering creativity. Read essays, interviews, reviews and much more on writing, art, film and all things creative.
Painter Tracey Read talks about spending four weeks painting and drawing her way around Italy.