This Christmas, Santa gave me a book called Goodbye, Things, by Fumio Sasaki, (yes, yet another Japanese expert on minimalism). According to the blurb he “lives in a tiny studio in Tokyo with three shirts, [...]
Ever Better, a one-man show by Ryan Millar. Photo by Robin Straaijer A year-end review is a good thing to do. Not necessarily because it makes good reading (although if you happen to [...]
Looking for some Christmas music? I've got you covered, with a Spotify playlist custom-crafted with new versions of old classics, and a tidy selection of modern soon-to-be classics. Oh, and a few original classics are [...]
Ever Better, a one-man show by Ryan Millar. At Mezrab November 2018. Photo: Robin Straaijer I did a new show! On 6 November 2018, I did the very first public performance of a [...]
(Note: As I was on my way out from the online ticketing startup I had worked at for three years, I wrote a little summary/reflection on my time there. It's pretty direct, and also a [...]
There are plenty of good reasons to learn improv. For example, the below list details some parts of our personality and constitution that are strengthened and enhanced by the practice of improvisational thinking. 11 things [...]
I created a storytelling show that allows me to really look at some of the most awkward and embarrassing things I’ve done in my life, and put them in some sort of context. And now [...]
The book you don’t read won’t help. – Jim Rohn Below is a list of books you should read if you're serious about writing and editing. Not all of them, but some of them at [...]
Last year, all of September I was focused on a crowdfunding campaign for my first book, TAKE IT EASY. Like most things in my life, the actual doing took much longer than I had anticipated. [...]
If you know me, you know that I love art, puzzles, augmented reality, games and cool experiences in general. So I spent some time visiting the Rijksmuseum this morning, solving the difficult version of their [...]
