by Orna Ross | Jun 18, 2025 | Go Creative! |
Does “getting more done” ever leave you feeling less alive… and with things left undone? In this episode we look into why the real engine of creative success is presence, not productivity—and I share my simple monthly planning program to keep the...
by Orna Ross | Jun 15, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Poetry |
(image: Gold detail on the façade of the Folies Bergère cabaret music hall in Paris, by Maurice Pico (1926) ‘Whatever' is a poem about not needing to find or fix ourselves. It speaks to the joy of creating from the ‘undulating being' of an imperfect life...
by Orna Ross | Jun 13, 2025 | 2. NON-MEMBER POSTS, Fiction |
For almost two decades, on and off, I’ve been writing about Maud Gonne and W.B. Yeats, this couple who were separated by passion and politics, yet who remain forever coupled in the imagination of countless readers. First came A Dance in Time (Penguin, 2008), now...
by Orna Ross | Jun 11, 2025 | Go Creative! |
Thank you for your patience while we make some more changes to the Go Creative! program. I'm running a poll so if you'd like your opinion to be included in those changes, check it out below. I've made some decisions already. The podcast will resume next week, with...
by Orna Ross | Jun 4, 2025 | Go Creative! |
In this episode, we unpack “creative presence”—the simple, moment-to-moment awareness that silences self-criticism, steadies focus, and primes the brain for the hallowed state of flow. Discover the neuroscience linking presence to peak creativity, hear small practices...