Cantrips are little magic spells. Not grand, spectacular magic but useful little tricks. The kind of things which don’t attract attention but which get stuff done.

I use the word “cantrips” to mean small empowering projects. These are projects designed to be done in a single morning that create a new idea in the mind of at least one other person. They follow the rules of cantrips and are intended as both exercises in a certain kind of discipline and as creative practice.

On this blog I’m going to explore cantrips, both practically and theoretically. I’ll tell you about the projects themselves, why I’m doing things this way and my experience applying the rules. Of course, the rules themselves may change over time and I’ll discuss that too.