Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Detail from Bouquet of Flowers, Maria van Oosterwjick, ca. 1670s #Art 030
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“I am four in this photograph, standing / on a wide strip of Mississippi beach, / my hands on the flowered hips / of a bright bikini. My toes dig in…” from History Lesson by Natasha Trethewey www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47538/...poetryfoundation.orgHistory LessonIt is 1970, two years after they opened the rest of this beach to us, forty years since the photograph where she stood on a narrow plot of sand marked… 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 15/07/2026“Some - not all but some - situations elicit grief alongside feelings of inspiration or uplift. Try to ignore your feelings about one, then you risk avoiding or distorting the other.” #Grief as a space of complexity. And why that is a good thing. dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/grief-as-a...dangerousmeredith.substack.comGrief as a complex spaceGrief, celebration, and bushfires. 021
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 14/07/2026An illustration from Thomas Wright's An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe, 1750 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 14/07/2026When you experience a world that confounds you, mystifies you, breaks and makes you with all of its heartbreak and beauty, what do you do? dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/the-rupturedangerousmeredith.substack.comThe RuptureEtymology, YouTube clips, art, and a naive call to action. 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 14/07/2026RIP Sam Neill 😢 . This short clip shows him being interviewed about his part in Dean Spanley, an absolutely wonderful and criminally underrated film. Quirky, quietly entertaining, and, finally, very moving. Neill does some of his best acting in it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7343...youtube.comDean Spanley A Portal to Dogdom clip2YouTube video by GROOVIEMOOVIE 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody." - Thomas Paine, 'The Rights of Man' 010
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"What happens when creativity steps into the workplace? It’s more than just an opportunity for artistic expression—it’s a powerful tool to foster genuine connections, build trust, and enhance team engagement." My article for Change Management Review: changemanagementreview.com/connecting-c...changemanagementreview.comConnecting with People CreativelyExplore why creativity strengthens workplace connections, enhancing collaboration, leadership, and organizational culture. 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Detail from The Fall of the Rebel Angels, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562 #Art 010
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Lost tempo interview: Matt Moore from the Lost Tempo Substack interviewed me for his podcast. Tune in to hear me talk about #creativity, nuance allergy, and making the most of #grief: open.substack.com/pub/tempo/p/...open.substack.comMeredith Lewis - Methods and MadnessGood Grief 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A duck. From The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands, Mark Catesby, 1754 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 21/05/2026A memory of laughter: It was my dad’s birthday yesterday, the first since his death last year. Here is my latest post on the empty space of grief. dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/a-memory-o...dangerousmeredith.substack.comA memory of laughterAnother post on the empty space of grief 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Kurosawa trained as a painter. Some of his storyboards reflected that. www.openculture.com/2015/10/akir...openculture.comAkira Kurosawa Painted the Storyboards For Scenes in His Epic Films: Compare Canvas to CelluloidAppreciators of the finest works in cinema history often liken their images to paintings. In the case of Akira Kurosawa, maker of quite a few entries on that grand list of the finest works in cinema h... 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 01/05/2026“𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.” My reflection on professional loneliness and the overlooked value of time in team dynamics: changemanagementreview.com/allowing-tim...changemanagementreview.comAllowing Time for Real Human ConnectionFoster authentic human connections by allowing time for storytelling and vulnerability amid organizational change to nurture lasting resilience at work. 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 30/04/2026From Shadows from the Walls of Death, RC Kedzie, 1874 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 30/04/2026To celebrate the Year of the Horse I have designed a horse-themed creative prompt which you can access and use for yourself if you wish. dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/a-gift-for...dangerousmeredith.substack.comA gift for youto celebrate the new Lunar Year of the Horse 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Poetry - and any art form - are so important right now, putting into form our anxiety and dread when words fail us, slyly sliding in a little hope when we need it, and restoring us to ourselves. What poems do you turn to for solace? dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...dangerousmeredith.substack.comWhat do you turn to?On poetry 020
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 29/04/2026“Without Indigenous leadership and relational approaches to governance, AI will continue to reproduce the kinds of harms already seen in systems like Robodebt.” theconversation.com/no-accountab...theconversation.com‘No accountability, no checks and balances, no responsibility’: how Indigenous peoples think about AINew research positions AI not as a standalone tool, but as part of a wider system that shapes relationships between people, institutions, data and Country. 100
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Marilyn Monroe reading Ulysses by James Joyce. 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Where do you turn to find that narrative that speaks to your place in the world? What parts of the world offer themselves to your imagination? A short post on building a self-narrative. Warning: includes #poetry. dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/clean-airdangerousmeredith.substack.comClean airA short post on finding a healthy self narrative 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026“Genius is the ability to renew one’s emotions in daily experience.” – Paul Cezanne. Image: Study of a Bather, Paul Cezanne, 1880-1890 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026“As I watch the news and before I give into gloom and doom I want a reminder that not all mess is bad. Not all mess is frightening, stressful, or horrible. Sometimes the mess comes out of a rambunctious outbreak of joy. And chaos can seed possibilities.” dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/the-messdangerousmeredith.substack.comThe messAccommodating it 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I love this photo. Girl on Fulton Street, NYC, Walker Evans, 1929 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Going, going: On orangutans and thylacines and clinging on. dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/going-goingdangerousmeredith.substack.comGoing, goingGone. 010
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I have but one job: A blog about a poem about an artist: “... an artist has one job and that is to engage their audience. What the audience does with that engagement is up to them.” #poetry #art dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/i-have-but...dangerousmeredith.substack.comI have but one jobOn art and poetry 030
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026A lovely article on what it is to be a host: houseofbeautifulbusiness.substack.com/p/ai-is-too-...houseofbeautifulbusiness.substack.comAI Is Too Fast to Be a Good HostThe art of invisible service: feed everyone, move like honey 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 23/04/2026#Poetry - and any art form - are so important right now, putting into form our anxiety and dread when words fail us, slyly sliding in a little hope when we need it, and restoring us to ourselves. What poems do you turn to for solace? dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...dangerousmeredith.substack.comWhat do you turn to?On poetry 010
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 23/04/2026What do you do when you feel the walls of the material world juddering in on you, like that scene in Star Wars when they’re in the garbage pit with the encroaching walls and the Thing with the Eyeball. What do you reach for / do / think / believe? dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/self-2c1dangerousmeredith.substack.comSelfAn act of defiance 010
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I love paintings of women reading. I think it’s because these images depict moments when these women are not available to anything but their book and the demands of their own imagination. Take a look at a few of my favourites here ( #art #books): dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/women-read...dangerousmeredith.substack.comWomen ReadingSome art for you 030
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Jonah and the Whale, Pieter Lastman, 1612, #art 040
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 20/04/2026An Australian advertisement about saving petrol dating from 1979. I'm not sure why everyone in it is nude. www.youtube.com/watch?v=80pr...youtube.comSave Our Petrol (Australian ad, 1979)YouTube video by AustralianAds 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Poetry - and any art form - are so important right now, putting into form our anxiety and dread when words fail us, slyly sliding in a little hope when we need it, and restoring us to ourselves. What poems do you turn to for solace? dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...dangerousmeredith.substack.comWhat do you turn to?On poetry 010
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Army of the Apocalypse, from The Welles Apocalypse, 1310 #art 020
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 17/04/2026"In time, Isabel, grief brings its own munificence. I hear this over and over again on The Red Hand Files. People obliterated, rearranged, and ultimately restored anew." #grief www.theredhandfiles.com/something-ha...theredhandfiles.comNick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #360 - [ ] Something has troubled me since my son Eden died last year at four years old from cancer. Long before he was ever sick, I carried a strange certainty ...Dear Isabel, I’m sitting by the lake on a beautiful Sunday, silver water, white swans, and what looks like a hundred goslings waddling... 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 16/04/2026The Hall of Stars, design for The Magic Flute, Karl Friedrich Thiele, after Karl Friedrich Schinkel, 1848 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 16/04/2026“My Year of H.O.R.S.E. I want a year full of High-fidelity, to feel Organic, to notice what is Rare and Significant, and to explore Exquisite experiences.” Rotana Ty sharing his responses to my creative prompts in this joyful blog: rotanaty.com/2026/04/08/h...rotanaty.comFrom High-Fidelity to Exquisite ExperiencesDiscover my new train of thoughts and values for 2026 and the years to come through my acronym H.O.R.S.E.: High-fidelity, Organic, Rare, Significant, Exquisite experiences. 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Read what I have written about the feedback-giving sin of being nasty: open.substack.com/pub/dangerou...open.substack.comFeedback sin: Being nastyA note on how to give feedback on creative and innovative projects. 000
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"Underneath it all is a very human question: What is it we need from each other? That AI can’t replace?" I really liked this piece by Dr Cathryn Lloyd on Artificial Intelligence, applied improvisation, and (love this) artful inquiry. www.maverickminds.com.au/maverick-min...maverickminds.com.auLet’s talk about a different kind of AI | Maverick MindsEveryone's talking about AI – Artificial Intelligence right now, particularly as it relates to work. It's reshaping how we work, what skills matter, which jobs exist, and how decisions get made. Every... 120
Meredith @meredithsnextday.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I have but one job: A blog about a poem about an artist: “DeTiberus’ Gentileschi is right: an artist has one job and that is to engage their audience. What the audience does with that engagement is up to them.” #art #poetry dangerousmeredith.substack.com/p/i-have-but...dangerousmeredith.substack.comI have but one jobOn art and poetry 020
