Here's a creative thought experiment for you: Go to this page on the official Orbital website, scroll down and hit 'play' on the track 'Halcyon + on + on'. Listen to the music before you read …
Yes, the Internet Is Changing Your Brain
As you read these words, your brain is being changed. Every day, as you surf the internet, clicking on hyperlinks, opening new tabs and windows, flicking between e-mail, Twitter, Facebook and …
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How to Deal with Destructive Criticism
Image by digicla This article is part two in Cynthia’s series on making feedback a positive and empowering part of the creative process, following on from How to Ask for Feedback (without it …
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How to Ask for Feedback (Without it Blowing Up in Your Face)
You’ve probably had it happen to you: eager, excited, ready to share your article or painting or blog design, you show a friend and ask, “What do you think?” The friend, being the honest and …
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How Good Is Too Good?
Image by watercolors08 Far above the streets of Paris, scattered across the rooftops, parapets and pinnacles of Notre Dame Cathedral, is a collection of monuments to perfectionism. …
The 8 Types of Creativity: Which Is Your Strongest?
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. (Albert Einstein) Are you attempting to unleash creativity through familiar, …
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Can Computers Think Creatively?
Photo by AZAdam Computers are very smart, but they have no imagination, right? They can only slavishly follow instructions and rules - which means they can't think for themselves and generate …
Why Critical Thinking Is Not a Creativity Killer
Photo by Okko Pyykko Everyone knows critical thinking kills creativity. Suspending judgment in order to come up with new and unusual ideas is one of the sacred cows of the creativity …
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The Ern Malley Affair: How Confident Are You of Your Artistic Judgment?
If you take your creative work remotely seriously, you probably pride yourself on your good taste and critical judgement. Just like Max Harris. In the 1940s, Harris was one of the leading …
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