There’s a persistent myth in creative culture: that to be truly creative, you must be original. That...
Tangents
We like to think of creativity as the result of grit. Discipline. Focus. Strategy. Sit down, show...
Let’s say you get an idea. A flicker. A concept. A spark. Before you dive in, you...
There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes with being right. The snap of certainty. The internal...
We often treat creativity as a quest. You go out. You search for inspiration. You try to...
Here’s a weird truth: you’re thinking almost all the time… and you probably don’t know what you’re...
Speed is a virtue now. We skim. We swipe. We summarize. We measure the value of a...
You’re in the shower. Or on a walk. Or washing dishes. You’re not focused on anything in...
Somewhere along the way, we turned productivity into morality. A productive day is a good day. An...
We live in a world that likes its questions to be useful. If you’re curious about something,...