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When To Trust Your Gut
And when you absolutely, 100% should not.
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What Scientists Can Learn From Ballet
Dancers and scientists do share a common creative process, the mastery of complex skills, a drive to transcend limits, and a desire to excel. We can learn from each other!
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Buying the Concept of Art
An examination of selling the idea of a work of art as art.
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6 Ways to Think About Death
A creative approach, and some great books, can make the idea of death a little more acceptable.
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Competing Visions for the Inner City
Artist and shaman Marcus Coates has been on a quest in South London, but can his imagination match that of the property developers?
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Cognitive Creativity
Do you work in a creative industry? In the digital age, the answer is ‘yes,’ whatever your profession. All you need to do is understand your potential – and then unlock it.
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Who Creates The Innovator?
Is intelligence important to innovation? Who creates the innovator: The parent, the teacher, the mentor, or the innovator themselves? Can passion pay the bills? I tackle these questions and more as I review Tony Wagner's thought provoking book Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People That Will Change The World.
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Linking Disparate Ideas and Building Musical Sculptures Out of Trash
A look at an artist's work and a tool for sparking creativity.
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The Paradox of Passion
Psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman talks about the fine line between motivation and obsession.
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The Irrationality of Irrationality: The Paradox of Popular Psychology
The popular psychology of judgement and decision making is enlightening. But many readers are approaching these books uncritically.