Creative Resilience

Creative resilience in the age of uncertainty

Colourful illustration with abstract shapes, patterns, and the text "Creative Resilience" in large yellow letters against a purple background.
Colourful illustration with abstract shapes, patterns, and the text "Creative Resilience" in large yellow letters against a purple background.
In a brand new series, produced in partnership with Squarespace, Little White Lies and Huck spotlight artists and makers as they adapt to life under lockdown and an uncertain future.

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.

Line drawings of 14 people, including men and women, with spider web designs around them.

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

Image shows two young women's faces side by side, with their names written in large pink text over a floral patterned background.

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

Eight stylised silhouettes of people seated at desks, working on laptops. The figures are all in black and white, with a minimalist, graphic design style.

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

Smiling woman in pink-and-white gingham blouse, wearing large hoop earrings, against green backdrop with floral headdress.

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

Cityscape, silhouette on path, building interiors, garage doors, arched entrance, architectural drawing

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

Vintage sports car with tow truck on pink-tinted urban street.

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

Assortment of purple vegetables including cabbage, beetroots, and grapes; a colour palette of shades of purple.

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

Stylised illustration of a motorcycle engine with flames on a black background.

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.

Watercolour sketch of an old wooden house with a balcony, surrounded by trees and foliage.

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

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