I Stopped Making Collage for 25 Years | Here's What Finally Brought It Back!

A collage practice I built at 17 — left behind for 25 years — and what happened when it finally came back. Collage, mixed media, and slow creativity from a burnout recovery. Some creative skills don't leave. They just wait. This video follows a vibrant abstract collage made from a kit sent all the way from Norway to New Zealand by musician Adi Dick — 40 pieces of someone else's materials, and the process of finding my own way inside them. Along the way it unlocked something from a bursary portfolio I made in Taranaki in 2001 that I hadn't thought about in years. This is about what gets built young, what goes quiet under the weight of a career, and what slowly comes back when the pressure finally drops. Chapters: 0:00 — Intro: a journey I'd already started 1:17 — Built Young: the Taranaki paintings that started it all 2:53 — Forty Parts: a collage kit sent from Norway 4:58 — Messy Truth: when the plan dissolved 6:24 — Never Left: what burnout couldn't take away If this slow practice resonates, feel free to follow along. #collage #mixedmedia #creativeburnout #slowcreativity #botanicalart Adi Dick:   / adidick   https://adidick.bandcamp.com/merch Typeface: https://tropicaltype.com/ https://thebrandedquotes.sellfy.store/ Music: Epidemic Sound https://share.epidemicsound.com/qksx9f