Thank you, Jen, for all of your wonderful posts. Good luck with whatever the future holds!

Jen's posts have always been among my favorites. I'm sure she will go one to do great things, and I'm grateful to have been exposed to her perspectives.

I was wondering why she hadn't posted in so long. Her posts were quality-- frequently legendary-- and I'm sad that they have now ceased.

bye,bye Jen! visit us! *Big sad puppy eyes*

Where is she now? Can we still read her anywhere else on the web?

Oh no! :( We'll miss you Jen!

Jen! I am an avid fan, and hope to see you somewhere in the future! Thanks for the humour, and braininess!

I first heard about this site via one of her videos on youtube. I wondered where she was, hopefully we will hear where she posts?

Creative places are able to overcome many obstacles as resilience is one of their key qualities. They know where they are going and have a vision that in broad terms is agreed by key players. They take measured risks and push boundaries. They acknowledge that a creative place needs many leaders. There may be a few superleaders, but their essential role is to pave the way for others to achieve things and to trade their power for influence.

Creative cities, in my definition, should have an ethical purpose that guides and directs the mass of energies present in most places. These ethical goals might be to both generate wealth and reduce inequalities, to grow economically but to focus on sustainability, or to focus on local distinctiveness. The ethical code is more likely to be based on secular principles which guarantee freedom of enquiry and tolerance and where the state and religion are separated. Fundamentalism does not help develop the imagination because everything has already been imagined.