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Jed Dawson

The Art of Turning F@#%ups into Content

I spend about 80% of my waking day on my MacBook. I’m not super proud of that, and I’m sure there’s a more balanced version of life out…

Feb 22, 2022

The Art of Turning F@#%ups into Content

Feb 22, 2022

The sheer fucking terror of sharing your art.

Maybe it’s just me. But if you’ve clicked on this, maybe it isn’t. Creating a thing of your own and then putting it out into the world is…

Jun 29, 2021

The sheer fucking terror of sharing your art.

Jun 29, 2021

How to write when you don’t feel like writing…

Step 1: Write a headline that says: How to write when you don’t feel like writing…

Apr 20, 2021

How to write when you don’t feel like writing…

Apr 20, 2021

Is any art as perfect as a song?

I’ve cried during a hundred films. I’ve lost myself in books, to the point where I feel I need to relearn how to speak with people in the…

Apr 6, 2021

A 3D heart wearing headphones.

Apr 6, 2021

Can unfocused creativity add up to art?

I don’t have long here, in this headspace. Writing & being inspired by it. I wish to God I did. I wish I could lose myself in weeks and…

Apr 2, 2021

A woman intensely pondering.

Apr 2, 2021

4 (and a half) tips to being better at writing

Let me start with a disclaimer: if you’re looking for tips on how to be more productive at writing, go away. I’m the last person who…

Feb 28, 2021

A young girl thinking of a good swear word.

Feb 28, 2021

I hate that I love my new iPhone.

I used to be pretty pro-Apple (‘pro’ as ‘in favour of’, not a stainless steel exterior and an excuse to charge an extra $200). These days…

Feb 16, 2021

An iPhone 12 Pro Max with the words LOVE and HATE on the screen.

Feb 16, 2021

Fuck writing.

That painfully pandering medium. And so goddamn self righteous. Yes, I’m being self righteous. Yes, I’m using that medium to convey my…

Feb 1, 2021

A typewriter, typing out the words: This is crap.

Feb 1, 2021

Troublemaker; Dreammaker.

Life has a rhythm. It changes over time and occasionally, abruptly, but for me, for the most part, it repeats. Work, work, weekend, work…

Oct 14, 2020

Troublemaker; Dreammaker.

Oct 14, 2020

AN ASTRONAUT, ALMOST.

Many years ago, my dad enrolled to be one of the first Canadians to go into Space. He successfully made it through a few rounds of…

Apr 9, 2016

Apr 9, 2016

Jed Dawson

Jed Dawson

Writer of stuff. Sometimes ads, sometimes stories, sometimes stupid tweets that seem kind of funny at the time but usually turn out to be, well, stupid.

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