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CREATIVE COMMENTARY
Explore musings, thoughts, and commentaries designed to empower your confident creativity.


Maycember - you didn't imagine it...
"When the environment changes, we have to evolve with it." I have never been so grateful to turn a calendar page. Honestly, what was May? It felt like December, with all the pressure, but none of the holiday magic! And I told myself a beautiful, believable lie for most of it. "Next week it gets better." I genuinely believed it would! Let's just get through Easter. This concert ends next week. Baccalaureate is almost over. Easy. Almost there. And I meant it, right up until abo
Dr. Jonathan M. Gregoire
May 313 min read


An Open Letter | To those who, despite all efforts, never fit the mold...
It doesn’t seem fair, does it? You checked all the boxes and played by all the rules trying to find success in a system that led you to...
Dr. Jonathan M. Gregoire
Mar 8, 20253 min read


How Resistance to Structure is Costing You in Your Creative Work - and 4 Steps to Fix It Now
As creatives, we often pride ourselves on spontaneity, freedom, and the ability to work without restrictions. The very idea of structure...
Dr. Jonathan M. Gregoire
Nov 16, 20243 min read


Why Low-Paying Gigs Are Keeping You Stuck...and How to Break Free
As an artist, you've likely faced the dilemma of accepting low-paying gigs just to get your work out there. It feels like a necessary...
Dr. Jonathan M. Gregoire
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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