The Best Articles in Creativity

The hard choices -- what we most fear doing, asking, saying -- are very often exactly what we need to do. How can we overcome self-paralysis and take action? Tim Ferriss encourages us to fully…

In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, graphic journalist Wendy MacNaughton illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil…

Radio host Julie Burstein talks with creative people for a living -- and shares four lessons about how to create in the face of challenge, self-doubt and loss. Hear insights from filmmaker Mira Nair,…

If we want to understand what a picture is, then we must look at the difference between perception and imagination.

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«optimism and creativity often go hand in hand, but also that the status quo or ruminating on the status quo can often lead to a type of pessimism»

Not sure what to do with your evenings off? Experts and women who've done it share their best tips for finding a hobby as an adult.

“Your imagination… is mostly an accidental dance between collected memory and influence… a construction that awaits spiritual ignition.”

«Nothing is original because everything is an influence; everything is original because no influence makes its way into our art untransmuted by our imagination»

Tap your creativity (and closet) for the best Halloween costume.

Even stories that start with brilliant strokes of inspiration too often fizzle out before we reach The End. Use this four-step method to develop your best ideas to their fullest.

«No matter your starting point—a love story, buddy tale, mystery, quest—you can do like the great innovators do: Bend it. Amp it. Drive it. Strip it.»

And How Celebrated Authors Use Them

A psychologist who’s worked with top creatives reveals how disrupting your thinking patterns can inspire novel ideas and unconventional insights.

Scientists receive fewer citations as they get older. Matt Clancy explains: Pick any author at random, and on average the papers they publish earlier in their career, whether as first author or last…

The "We're Not Really Strangers"-ification of social media.

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Your entire worldview changes when you realize you can *create luck*.

«More precisely, you can actively create optimal conditions for lucky things to happen to you.»

The art of asking questions isn't dead; it has merely grown dormant. Here are some tips for revitalizing the art of the question.

«because a question can’t be stupid doesn’t mean it can’t be snide, snarky, sarcastic, condescending, disregarding, or downright nasty.»

Journalist Steven Kotler offers tips for how to reach a psychological flow state, granting peak mental performance.

«Curiosity can lead you to become passionate about something, which can in turn drive that thing to give you purpose. The activity itself becomes fulfilling. It is the means and the end.»

Unlock your own creative taste, and splatter your experiences into a sea of blank canvases

«Designing from the inside-out starts with exploring what makes us unique. It means extracting the most important slices of our personalities.»

Architect and poet Paolo Belardi traces the many conditions and situations that have inspired extraordinary ideas across the arts and sciences.

A collection of the most interesting ideas on critical thinking, philosophy and storytelling to help you make better sense of the world.

«Black Swan events are characterised by their extreme rarity, their severe impact, and the widespread insistence they were obvious in hindsight.»

Seeing creativity as a system simplifies the creative process & allows for better management of creative energy over time.

When it comes to art, some say that a machine will never be able to replicate the creativity of humans. However, with the advent of…

Originality requires both knowledge and technical mastery.

(and what to do about them)

«The less you know, the harder it is to learn; the less you can learn, the less you know - the stupider you get.»

‎Show TED Business, Ep The unexpected habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant - 28 Feb 2021