By the Numbers
In the beginning Back in nineteen fifty-five — AC/DC • Let There Be Rock As yet another ’55 undergoing restoration (Stockwell), I’ve gotta tell you how good it feels to take steps in the right...
View ArticleSewing the Seeds of Art (Week 7)
It seems, then, to be one of the paradoxes of creativity that in order to think originally, we must familiarize ourselves with the ideas of others. — George Kneller Just as we used the first self...
View ArticleGiving Apathy the Boot (Week 19)
The unconscious, though one cannot force it, will not produce new ideas unless it has been painstakingly stuffed full of facts, impressions, concepts, and an endless series of conscious ruminations and...
View ArticleLandmarks and Breakthroughs (Week 10)
At some stage in the process of creation, the creative product—whether painting, poem, or scientific theory—takes on a life of its own and transmits its own needs to its creator. It stands apart from...
View ArticleIndustrial Strength (Week 3)
Creativity is very much like literacy. We take it for granted that nearly everybody can learn to read and write. If a person can’t read or write, you don’t assume this person is incapable of it, just...
View ArticleFirst Harvest (Week 5)
The unconscious, though one cannot force it, will not produce new ideas unless it has been painstakingly stuffed full of facts, impressions, concepts, and an endless series of conscious ruminations and...
View ArticleSecret Agents (Week 24)
At some stage in the process of creation, the creative product—whether painting, poem, or scientific theory—takes on a life of its own and transmits its own needs to its creator. It stands apart from...
View ArticlePainful Processes (Week 29)
Every creative journey begins with a problem. It starts with a feeling of frustration, the dull ache of not being able to find the answer. We have worked hard, but we’ve hit the wall. We have no idea...
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