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Critical Thinking

An Easy Way out of Writer’s Block

Have you ever got yourself tied up in knots while working on an important piece of writing? You spend ages…

Get the Inner Critic off Your Back with These Two Little Words

Have you ever started work on a big creative project and found yourself paralysed by listening to the voice of…

Tyler Hobbs: an Artist Who Paints with Code

This week's guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Tyler Hobbs, a artist who creates stunning images by writing…

My New Book: 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives

Today I publish my new book, 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives. You can pick it up from the usual…

Poetry as Discovery with Mimi Khalvati

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Mimi Khalvati, one of the foremost poets currently writing in…

Steven Pressfield on Truth and Fiction

This week's guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Steven Pressfield, author of the creativity classic The War of…

My new book: Motivation for Creative People

After 18 months, four drafts and countless cups of coffee, my new book Motivation for Creative People is finally complete.…

Kabuki: Lessons from 400 Years of Creative Tradition

Kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa XI in action, from Ebizo's YouTube channel Last Christmas I visited the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo…

Is Your Business Drowning Your Creativity?

Image by Radhika Bhagwat Are you spending the majority of your time keeping up with business-related tasks rather than creating?…

Is There a Template for Creativity?

We creatives love to think of ourselves as revolutionaries and rule-breakers, thinking outside the box, breaking free of convention and…