Pull up a log, pass the snacks, and crack open the creative canteen! We’re trading stories by the campfire. Field Notes is where we share reflections on ethical marketing, creative ecosystems, and what it looks like to build work that cares for people and planet. These essays explore care-centered business, relational community building, and creative practices rooted in liberation and integrity. Think of this space as an evolving notebook, ideas gathered in the field and shared in community.
Field Notes
Reflections on Ethical Business and Creative Practice
What Creative Liberation Means (And Why It Matters for Creatives Today)
Creative liberation is the practice of reclaiming creativity from systems that reward conformity, performance, and productivity over truth. This flagship guide explores what creative liberation actually means, why it matters politically and personally, and how creatives and small business owners can begin unlearning the constraints that keep their work, and themselves, contained.
A Guide to Creative Seasons
This article explores healing creative burnout through a seasonal, nature-based framework. It shares a personal story of unhooking from urgency culture, understanding inner creative seasons, rebuilding a creative ecosystem, and embracing sustainable, anti-capitalist approaches to creativity. Companion to the Creative Season Almanac workbook.
Field Guide to Creative Survival
As familiar systems shift and old structures dissolve, our creativity becomes both refuge and resistance. The Field Guide to Creative Survival invites you to reimagine creativity as a living ecosystem — rooted in connection, sustained by community, and inspired by the natural world. Inside, you’ll find prompts, reflections, and maps to help you nurture your creative life force and thrive in uncertain times.
Hyperreality & Social Media: How Conscious Brands Can Keep It Real
We live in an age where simulation often feels more real than reality. From curated feeds to staged “authenticity,” social media has blurred the line between truth and performance. French philosopher Jean Baudrillard called this hyperreality—a concept that feels more urgent than ever as billionaires and tech platforms profit from our disconnection.
In this article, I share how stepping back from constant posting led me to see the costs of hyperreality more clearly, why discernment is our most vital responsibility, and what conscious brands can do to resist simulation. You’ll learn practical ways to ground your marketing in truth, protect what’s sacred, and model presence for your community—because in a world where simulation sells, defending what’s real may be the most radical act of all.
Disrupt or Depart? A Creative’s Guide to Navigating Toxic Social Media Platforms
Exploring how reality TV culture fuels the influencer economy—and how creatives can decide whether to disrupt from within or leave entirely.
Reclaiming Your Attention: A Creative’s Guide to Navigating the Attention Economy
The internet was supposed to free us. Instead, it’s become a machine that extracts our time, energy, and creativity. In this guide, we unpack how the attention economy hijacks our focus—and share tools for reclaiming your digital presence. From creative boundaries to alternative platforms, this is for the makers, thinkers, and artists who refuse to be mined.
You Are Not Your Job Title: Reclaiming Life Beyond the Career Ladder
Break free from the job-title box. This blog explores multidimensional living, creative ecosystems, and the power of honoring your many callings.
A Regenerative Path to Creativity and Business: How to Cultivate Your Own Creative Ecosystem
In this guide, we explore how to design a creative ecosystem—a regenerative, nature-inspired business model that reflects your unique creativity, values, and purpose. Unlike traditional hustle culture or hierarchical empires, creative ecosystems are built for sustainability, flexibility, and personal fulfillment. Learn how to map out the core components of your ecosystem—like offerings, revenue streams, nourishment, and community—and see examples tailored to artists, coaches, healers, and storytellers. This blog offers practical inspiration for growing a business that breathes with you.
Non-Binary Thinking: A Guide to Creative Liberation In Your Small Business
This is a story about freedom, creativity, and breaking the rules. Discover how non-binary thinking helped me align my business with my true self—and how it can help you do the same.
These revisions aim to connect emotionally with readers, offering an intimate and inviting tone to draw them in.
You’ll notice many of these essays circling shared questions around ethical marketing, creative ecosystems, and what it means to build business at a more human pace. We hope you enjoy.

