Making Something

For many years now, my creative work has been designing experiences for other people.

I spend months imagining how a journey should unfold: the right city at the right moment, the workshop that changes how someone sees a craft, the conversation over dinner that turns strangers into friends. It's deeply creative work, but most of it happens behind the scenes. For ten days or so, it's shared with a small group of travelers, and then it's gone.

Lately, I've realized I've been missing another kind of creativity. I miss making something regularly.

I miss the rhythm of weekly rehearsals, where you show up, contribute your part, and slowly build something that didn't exist before. I miss belonging to a creative community not just as an organizer, but as a participant.

I have not really replaced that rhythm. Working from home has many advantages, but it also blurs the boundaries between work and life. There is always one more email, one more itinerary, one more problem to solve. A day can be productive without feeling especially creative.

So this is my attempt to change that. I do not know exactly what this will become. I only know that I want to make something and share it.

Some posts may be reflections from the road. Others may begin with a conversation, a place, a rehearsal, a meal, or something that made me stop and think. I have stories to tell, opinions to share, and plenty of questions. There may be practical advice now and then, but there will also be musings, observations, and the occasional complaint disguised as a larger idea.

And if you've traveled with Resonate Tours, you'll probably recognize many of the ideas that shape our experiences. If you haven't, I hope these essays still make you pause, smile, disagree, or see something familiar in a new way.

In the end, that’s all I’m hoping for: a small body of work, a regular creative practice, and a conversation that grows with every journey.