Hi, I’m Matisse.
Yup, just like the artist. Last name, Walkden-Brown.

WHO AM I?
I am a writer, notetaker, and storymaker by habit and personality, I am a kid who grew up in a backpackers resort in Fiji, but mostly a kid who never really grew up at all. I write things in my notebook. I make up some stories. Some of them I share.

I’m also a mother, wife, daughter, sister, friend, a very ex-model, and a terrible cook.

WHAT DO I DO?
I write a weekly dispatch called Field Notes of a Silly Girl. They are messy notes from a silly goose, observing human life and trying to find magic in its fabric.

I run Little Makehouse, a local creative club for kids, and kids at heart, devoted to making things with our hands and play.

And sometimes, in a more structured corner of the world, I run a strategy and storytelling studio called Good Form Media, where stories are shaped into impact campaigns. We even made a super cool software to simplify all things impact strategy, so we can get back to the fun stuff. It’s called  Formmity.

WHY DO I DO IT?
Because I am interested in people what makes our lives feel fizzy and alive. Culture fascinates me, and not in a dusty old academic way. Culture basically means ‘how we do what we do ’round here’ and stories tends to be the biggest shapers of culture. Some stories organise the human world, some help us endure it, and others, well, they remind us its not all that serious, that we are here to be joyful, loving and vibrant. Those are hands down, my favourite.