Creativity isn't magic and it isn't a prompt. It's a system of choices, constraints, curiosity and loops. Whether I'm writing a book, building an AI tool, or composing music, the process is the real product.
People often see AI as an instant generator: you type something in and something appears. But whether you're creating a book, a song, or an AI prototype, none of it comes from a single prompt. It comes from intention, exploration, constraints, refinement and testing.
My books begin as questions: "What system is this story revealing?" I iterate through scenes like product prototypes - adjusting the shape until the story teaches something about people, agency or emotion.
AI tools I build are not apps. They're structured thinking environments. They help teams clarify intent, question assumptions and prototype decisions before anything is built.
Music lets me prototype emotion. Rhythm, harmony and bilingual writing reveal how memory and meaning are shaped. Songs become experiments just like tools or stories.
Every project begins with: "What is the intent? What should this change?" AI doesn't define the idea, it tests and amplifies it.
Time, tools, skills, language, audience and constraints make the work stronger. They shape the edges of the prototype.
Books rewrite, music remixes, tools rebuild and small loops reveal clarity. Each cycle brings the project closer to what it wants to be.
Everything gets tested: with readers, users, kids or audiences. Feedback doesn't kill ideas, it hardens them.
Stories teach emotions. Tools teach thinking. Music teaches rhythm and memory. Together they form one Creative Lab: a set of experiments exploring how people, stories and systems shape each other.