There’s no better time than the present to take the leap as an individual creative. In a time of seismic shifts in our ways of living, the arts have always served to reflect and drive culture forward, as an evocative commentary of our present day identities, and more importantly, what it could be. We speak to Fiona Ng on her natural dye label Stilnook — birthed during the circuit breaker, and what it’s like being a young creative today.

The author of Harris bin Potter and the Stoned Philosopher talks about how his grandmother inspired his new novel, and how he has used his writing to explore his identity as a Malay-Muslim in Singapore.