PinnedLauren EllisinBootcampThe art of tiny experimentsYour next big idea doesn’t have to be a masterpiece. Real artistic growth comes from tiny moments of uncertainty and experimentationApr 5, 2022Apr 5, 2022
PinnedLauren EllisHow to stay in love with your creative practiceWhat do you do when your ideas don’t just dry up, but disappear altogether? Here are 5 tips for falling back in love with your workMar 10, 2022Mar 10, 2022
PinnedLauren EllisinThe StartupDo the Dead Deserve Privacy?What can our treatment of centuries dead corpses tell us about ourselves, our data and our own forthcoming digital demise?Oct 28, 2020Oct 28, 2020
Lauren EllisI hope I haunt you tooThere’s a quote I read and loved but can’t recall where it came from. It reads: “Intellectually I understand it. But I can’t seem to make…Mar 22, 2021Mar 22, 2021
Lauren EllisThere’s so much to say that we just say nothingI’ve been thinking a lot about the things we say and the things we don’t. What’s shared and what has to be concealed.Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
Lauren EllisI guess we’ll talk again when you catch upWhat does Edgar Allan Poe, your ceaseless sense of anxiety and moral relativism have in common?Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Lauren EllisinThe StartupI Am Learning to Believe in Well-Timed Bad LuckAs a species we are entranced with stories about near-misses. But what else can we learn from well-timed bad luck?Mar 1, 2021Mar 1, 2021
Lauren EllisAn ode to haunted housesWhat can the travelling corpse of outlaw Elmer McCurdy teach us about our strange love for haunted house rides and cheesy horror movies?Dec 19, 2019Dec 19, 2019
Lauren EllisinUX CollectiveWhat constitutes a consciousness?How do we define consciousness? It is a sum of synapses? A collection of characteristics? And can AI ever qualify as one?Nov 18, 2019Nov 18, 2019
Lauren EllisThe stranger in the nightWhat do you do when a stranger needs you?Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019