Browsing: Creativity

Artistic appreciation is a deeply subjective process, perhaps the most essentially personal thing that humans do. But are there some explanations for why we like what we do? Why, for instance, does a particular song get popular? Some of it has to do with the quality of the music—and by quality, I mean that there’s […]

Greenlighting mess-making, 101 ways to astonish yourself, and how to flowchart your way to happiness.

From Monet to Tiger Woods, or why creating rituals and breaking routines don’t have to opposites – insights on fear and creativity from 5 favorite books on the creative process.

From high school dropout to design legend, or what the Oxford English Dictionary has to do with iconic logos.

Examining street art from a variety of angles, from the artistic to the sociocultural to the political, to glean holistic understanding of the important medium for public dialogue.

An illustrated flowchart of creative influences across literature, art, science, film and music, produced for 48-hour magazine Longshot.

Remarkable, deeply inspirational graduation addresses by Steve Jobs, J. K. Rowling, Jeff Bezos, Meryl Streep and Robert Krulwich.

Our favorite contemporary manifestos that nudge your ideas out of your head and into the hands of the world.

Behance founder Scott Belsky breaks down why ideas die and how to avoid it.

In a rare 1988 interview, iconic sci-fi author Isaac Asimov shares cunning insights on the role of creativity in education and predicts the future of technology with astounding accuracy.