Cre­ative resilience in the age of uncertainty

Every day, peo­ple across the world are fac­ing brand new hur­dles as they adapt to unprece­dent­ed change. Free­lancers are nav­i­gat­ing a unique set of chal­lenges as bud­gets are slashed and uncer­tain­ty takes hold. What is it like to go it alone in this new, rapid­ly chang­ing world?

Cre­ative Resilience is a brand new series, pro­duced in col­lab­o­ra­tion with Square­space, shar­ing inspi­ra­tion, advice, and orig­i­nal art­work from free­lance cre­atives as they adapt to life under lock­down. Over the next five months, we’ll explore what it’s like to go it alone in a time of cri­sis, spot­light­ing cre­ativ­i­ty amid disruption.

From sus­tain­ing a career as a self-taught pho­tog­ra­ph­er, to carv­ing out a cre­ative iden­ti­ty in a crowd­ed city far from home, these tales of resolve show how obsta­cles give rise to inno­va­tion. The jour­ney there is as dif­fi­cult as it’s ever been — but the pay­off has nev­er been more rewarding.

Fol­low along for sto­ries from across Huck and Lit­tle White Lies.

Miran­da Smart shares how she’s over­come the tri­als of lock­down to evoke the world out­side her window.

Sophie Mo on how she con­tin­ues to carve out a cre­ative iden­ti­ty in the most try­ing of times.

Film­mak­er Somayeh Jafari shares how she delves into her Iran­ian back­ground to dis­cov­er the true mean­ing of home.

Lit­tle White Lies very own Lau­rène Boglio reflects on how she observes the world’s sub­tle shifts through ani­mat­ed GIFs.

Har­ri­et Par­ry reveals how she cre­ates eye-catch­ing flo­ral inter­pre­ta­tions of icon­ic artworks.

Bob­bie Cousins shares his cre­ative process, evokes a world that’s sel­dom seen.

Pho­tog­ra­ph­er and cura­tor Matt Mar­tin tells us how he uses pho­tog­ra­phy to build community.

Jo Thomp­son explains why she’s ditch­ing syn­thet­ics for nat­ur­al products.

Ver­i­ty and Shar­maine Cox tell the sto­ry of their tiny Hack­ney dive bar Blondies – a space where music, motor­bikes and skate­board­ing min­gle freely.

Illus­tra­tor Sophie Mo talks you through how you can go about design­ing your own tattoo

Flo­ral artist Har­ri­et Par­ry lifts the lid on her cre­ative process and how you can make your own flo­ral humans at home.

Malin Lind­holm reveals how she’s con­tin­ued to feed her wan­der­lust and her reac­tive process dur­ing the pandemic.

Cre­ate a dig­i­tal pres­ence that reflects your visu­al iden­ti­ty. Use the code LWLies to get a dis­count on a new Square­space website.

Read more sto­ries from our series on Cre­ative Resilience, in part­ner­ship with Squarespace.