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A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand. Got on a lucky one. Came in eighteen to one. I’ve got a feeling. This year’s for me and you. Fairytale of New York by The Pogues We are on the home stretch. Christmas approaches like a cheerful, glistening tsunam

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand.

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand. “We don’t see the things as they are, we see them as we are.” - Anais Nin I hope this post makes you remember the first time you had an idea. Come on now, don’t roll your eyes yet. Creatives are odd in quite a fe

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand.

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand.

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand. “When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” - Elvis Presley What is the most important thing in the world? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata It is the people, it is the people, it is the people Maori proverb

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand. “Every act of creation is, first of all, an act of destruction.” - Pablo Picasso There is a pendulum that creates stories. And stories move the pendulum. First the pendulum. It swings between two points. From wha

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand.

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand. You never think you will meet your heroes. And when you are a creative at the bottom of Africa far from everywhere, you really don’t think you will meet your heroes. But then you do. You meet one of those people that m

A blog by Damon Stapleton, chief creative officer, The Monkeys New Zealand.