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Perfectionism is death
Perfectionism is stagnation, fear and death. And nothing is a perfect 10 anyway.
The mathematics of joy
Start a list.
Write down 3-5 things that bring you joy.
Over the next week or two, continue to add things until you reach 100.
Ode to anger
… anger is further north of the more passive negative emotions for lots of us — sadness, hopelessness, despair, depression. If we’re angry, our brains are active.
Elongating time: why creativity needs procrastination and inefficiency
Next time someone asks if you’re bored or procrastinating, tell them you’re elongating time for more creativity.
Interoception’s influence on creativity, Pt II
Perhaps our internal self-awareness is more important to creativity than we realized.
Interoception’s influence on creativity, Pt I
Want to work on your creativity? Listen to your body through interoception.
Be willing to get squiggly
Creativity is messy, inelegant, tangential. But it’s precisely within this messiness where our creativity starts to take shape.
Procrastinating vs Freezing
Are you procrastinating on a creative project, or are you freezing? How to know the difference.
Procrastination vs marination
“Writing is hard; you just sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” When are you procrastinating, when are you marinating, and how can you know the difference?
Want to be creative? Lay down.
When I want to write, think or be creative, I know I have to do one thing: lay down. And it’s proven: laying down on your side boosts internal awareness and perception.
The amazing, connected brain
The future of creativity is connected to finding out more about the brain and how it makes connections.
Start where you are. Start where they are.
Creativity is hard. So start where you are, not where the world expects you to be.
Complexity, Alfred North Whitehead, and Obama’s suits
Complexity, creativity, and Obama’s suits
The creativity test that grows creativity
A creativity test for divergent thinking that helps grow divergent creativity the more you take it.