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Has Advertising Gotten Too Fast For Its Own Good?
I think we can all agree that this year has gone by fast. If you ask me, too fast. Faster than the year before. And way faster than the year before…
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Go Down Into The Scary Basement, Get What You Need, Then Get The Hell Out Of There.
I was conflicted. 7 years old and that’s what I was, though the word wouldn’t show up in my personal lexicon for another several years. I loved my…
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What Would Creativity Look Like In A Place Where Time Stands Still?
A while ago, I read a pretty cool little novel called Einstein’s Dreams. In it, author Alan Lightman speculates that time as we know it, and therefore…
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Jim Carrey Was One Of The Most Creative Human Beings On Earth. It Nearly Killed Him.
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He Wrote Like A God.
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"I'm Sorry But We Have To Let You Go." How The Creative Mind Moves Past Loss.
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You Suck. Your Ideas Suck. And Why Creative Superstars Thrive On Rejection.
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My Father Worked In A Factory. He Never Won A Lion. He Was Happy.
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Just What So Many Creative Professionals Need Right Now. Al Pacino.
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You Know What They Say About Staying Creatively Relevant.
“I change during the course of a day. I wake and I’m one person, and when I go to sleep, I know for certain I’m somebody else.” — Bob Dylan Consider the…
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In The Sand Beneath Our Feet, Creative Redemption.
Brian Collins’ beautifully realized perspective on nature, creativity and two old houses in the woods.
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I Shouldn't Be Here. I'm A Fraud. And Other Thoughts Of The Incredibly Talented.
“I have written 11 books but each time I think, uh-oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out…
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A Writer In Seattle Asks, "Dear Nick, I Think My Creativity Disappeared. What Do I Do?"
Somewhere in a parallel universe, a parallel me interviews a parallel Nick Cave.
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Creatives Who Live In Silos Have No Idea What They're Missing.
Last year, I wrote about something called Intellectual Humility. The acceptance that your knowledge is only partial and that your beliefs and opinions…
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The Mick Jagger Problem.
“The grass is always greener over the septic tank”. —Erma Bombeck There’s a story the columnist and author, Bob Greene, tells about a groupie chick from…
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It's Lonely At The Top. It's Also Dangerous.
“It’s harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb.” —Pat Summit You might have thought, “One day, I’m going to win a Titanium Lion, maybe the…
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How A Sketchy Neighborhood In San Francisco Turned Into A Creative Hotbed.
If I were to take you to Cohen Alley, a seedy dead end in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, I doubt you’d call it a hotbed of creative thinking. On…
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No Budget, A Shitty Camera And A Big Idea. Ain't Handcuffs Great.
The idea that all the limitations we’ve come to believe are inhibitors of creative thinking could, in fact, be the liberators of it is, of course…
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Strange Alchemy
Strange Alchemy
Twice a week, we go deep on creativity, this powerfully disruptive and yet so little understood force. With a consistently over 58% open rate, Strange Alchemy is a must read for thousands of readers. It's not magic. It's not science. It's creativity.
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