As a modern society, we are obsessed with productivity. Wasting time is seen as a cardinal sin. Yet sometimes the greatest discoveries happen when we take the time to look deeper. Sometimes discovery starts as a terrible idea.
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Your Brain is Built to Forget
Memory aids and brain boosts are available by the truckload. Apps advertise how to retain more and keep your brain fit. However, it turns out that your brain is built to forget. In fact, the natural state of many animals is to forget.
Use Layers in Your Writing to Meld Spontaneity and Planning
Often us writers want to create a perfect chapter right out of the gate. But this just isn’t practical.
How to Overcome the Seven Crippling Limitations
Everyone can be an artist so long as we defeat obstacles like anxiety and procrastination.
What Are You Willing to Give Up for Your Art?
What are you willing to give up to create art? You don’t need to starve, but you might have to shift your expectations.
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One Piece at a Time: Break Your Writing into Chunks
We always resolve to do more writing, but what if doing more is actually counterproductive?
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How to Hatch a Creative Idea
We often think of published or famous artists as special for their ability to create on the fly. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Anyone can generate a creative idea.
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Fill Your Creative Bank Account
You can’t create non-stop. That’s like spending on credit cards all the time. At some point you need to invest in your creative mind.
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The Besting Beast
We all have that inner critic who tears apart our work. Nothing is ever good enough. Yet there is a way to escape this seemingly eternal self-judgement.
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Stitching Art Together
Why do we insist that different art forms stay separate and distinct. Artist Cayce Zavaglia combines embroidery with portrait painting.
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