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Knight Foundation Awarded Five Artists and Collectives $50,000 Each for Art and Technology Initiatives
As part of their work, the recipients will contribute to a book on art and tech that includes essays by curator Legacy Russell. (2021)
Writing by hand makes children better at learning, study says
Writing, as opposed to typing, has been shown to improve memory and learning capacity, yet in some countries it’s being phased out in favour of dig... (2020)
How to start drawing
How to draw: Tips to overcome the fear of drawing. Five tactics to get you into the habit of drawing. (2020)
1,000 True Fans? Try 100
In 2008, WIRED editor Kevin Kelly wrote that creators only needed to earn "1,000 True Fans"—at $100 per fan, per year—to make a living. I propose a... (2020)
How to Draw Yourself Out of a Creative Funk - The New York Times
Malaka Gharib, the author of the coming-of-age graphic memoir “I Was Their American Dream,” shares her tips. (2019)
What Makes a Rural Creative Hub: Innovation and the Arts - CityLab
A growing body of research shows that innovative businesses are common in rural areas, and rural innovation gets a boost from the arts. "One of ... (2019)
How 'Creativity' Became a Capitalist Buzzword | Literary Hub
"Creative" and its variants are a versatile part of the vocabulary of contemporary capitalism, able to link imagination, aesthetic practice, and re... (2019)
Opinion | Let Children Get Bored Again - The New York Times
Boredom teaches us that life isn’t a parade of amusements. More important, it spawns creativity and self-sufficiency. (2019)
Why an MIT professor says we should all learn like kindergartners if we want to succeed
The inventor of Scratch on why we need to go back to basics to learn again. (2019)
Affordable Cities for Artists? Consider Des Moines, Iowa - CityLab
As Iowa’s capital city grows, its creative class has a pitch to artists in pricer cities: We’re creative, we’re affordable, and you can help us sta... (2019)
Drawing is the best way to learn, even if you’re no Leonardo da Vinci || QZ
Why do so many of us stop drawing when we become adults? (2018)
The gorgeous future of 3D printing - FastCoDesign
A new technique, from MIT Media Lab’s Mediated Matter Group, produces some of the most stunning 3D models we’ve seen yet. (2018)
Creative Imposter Syndrome: How Do You Get Over It?
Imposter syndrome can be especially prevalent among creatives–In/Visible Talks.com’s Arianna Orland knows firsthand. Here’s how she works through i... (2018)
It Turns Out It’s Almost Impossible To Draw A Bicycle
Italian designer Gianluca Gimini asks people to draw bicycles, then turns them into comical digital renderings. (2016)
Reading Aloud to Young Children Has Benefits for Behavior and Attention - The New York Times
Reading aloud and playing imaginative games may help children deal with emotions like anger and sadness, researchers say. (2018)
Does Having a Day Job Mean Making Better Art? - The New York Times
A full-time gig is antithetical to creative pursuits — or so we’ve been taught to believe. The truth, though, is that artists have always had other... (2018)
The Science Behind How Boredom Benefits Creative Thought | Fast Company
Recent studies show that a little boredom in your day opens up the potential for more creative thinking. (2015)
The Art of Madness | Paris Review
An exhibition of art collected from psychiatric hospitals between the two world wars examines the relationship between creativity and madness. (2018)
High-end art is one of the most manipulated markets in the world — Quartz
A gallerist and an economist walked into an art gallery opening. The paintings on display featured the rape of dismembered corpses. The economist w... (2018)
Collaboration Kills Creativity, According to Science | Inc.com
It's impossible to think "out of the box" when you're stuck inside a box with a bunch of other people. "According to a study recently published ... (2017)
Udacity course: Become a VR Developer
nano degree from Udacity: NANODEGREE PROGRAMBecome a VR DeveloperJoin the creative revolution! There is massive growth in the space, and job oppor... (2017)
Photography: "How to shoot" (from Apple)
from Apple, a digital camera guide to taking BETTER photos with iPhone (2017)
How to Raise a Creative Child.
Step One: Back Off. Child prodigies rarely become adult geniuses who change the world. Originality is difficult to encourage but easy to thwart (2017)
For a More Creative Brain, Travel - The Atlantic
How international experiences can open the mind to new ways of thinking (2015)
Ideas Want to be Shared - Kevin Kelly
I have contrarian ideas on intellectual property. I've come to think that the natural home of ideas is in the commons, that they should not be "own... (2022)
Musical Plagiarism - Why American songwriters are suing each other | The Economist
The case against Childish Gambino is the latest in a run of copyright claims | Business (2021)
Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy - Li's Newsletter
The American Dream exists, but what is the reality? (2021)
Take a Walk, Sure, but Don’t Call It a Break - HBR
Your best, most creative breakthroughs don’t happen at your desk. (2014)
Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk
Breaking up your day by going outside can boost your mood, brainpower, and creativity. In his New Yorker article, “Why Walking Helps Us Think,”... (2021)
Henry Miller’s 11 Commandments of Writing and His Daily Creative Routine
“When you can’t create you can work.” In 1932-1933, while working on what would become his first published novel, Tropic of Cancer, Miller devis... (2012)
Your elusive creative genius | Elizabeth Gilbert | TED
TED, 2009 "Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert muses on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses -- and shares the radica... (2018)
The surprising habits of original thinkers | Adam Grant
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and ta... (2018)
Do schools kill creativity? | Sir Ken Robinson | TED
TED, 2007 Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermin... (2018)
Is AI the future of movie-making?
What if text prompts enabled anyone to make a blockbuster movie, or even an entire box-set’s worth of TV? That is the promise of AI. This technolog... (2024)
The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink - TED
The puzzle of motivation | Dan Pink - TED Career analyst Dan Pink ex... (2022)
Your Job is to Make Art - Seth Godin at ConvertKit Craft & Commerce 2017
This is Seth Godin's main stage talk from Craft + Commerce 2017. If you like what you see, learn more and grab tickets to the next Craft + Commerce... (2021)
Game Design with Scratch (Part 1)
Combine your creative skills with the power of coding to create an artistic video game. Players will be able to decorate a donut using artwork that... (2020)
Want to learn better? Start mind mapping | Hazel Wagner | TEDxNaperville
As a lifelong learner with 4 degrees and a Ph.D. in mathematics, Hazel Wagner has spent her life learning how to learn. Hazel shares her work on mi... (2018)
How to Make a Mind Map - The Basics
This clip, provided by MacGrercy Consultants (www.macgrercy.com) shows you the basics of how to make a mind map. The intention is to show you the m... (2018)
Tim Harford: How frustration can make us more creative | TED Talk
Challenges and problems can derail your creative process ... or they can make you more creative than ever. In the surprising story behind the best-... (2018)
How sampling transformed music | Mark Ronson
TED, 2014: "Sampling isn't about "hijacking nostalgia wholesale," says Mark Ronson. It's about inserting yourself into the narrative of a song whi... (2017)
New experiments in self-teaching | Sugata Mitra
TED: " Indian education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where... (2017)
So You Want to Launch a Newsletter: Tips From Writers - Andreessen Horowitz
a16z Podcast on Spotify. This episode, part one in a two-part series on the Creator Economy, explores the process and economics behind... (2020)
a16z Podcast: For the Billions of Creatives Out There - Andreessen Horowitz
The writer-showrunner is a relatively new phenomenon in TV, as opposed to film, which is still a director-driven enterprise. But what does it mean,... (2019)
The Value of the Humanities - Chapter (PDF Available) · January 2015
What is the value of the humanities? This is a question that guides us throughout this report as we seek conceptual clarity and credibility for pra... (2019)
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam M. Grant
In Originals the author addresses the challenge of improving the world from the perspective of becoming original: choosing to champion novel ideas ... (2018)
Jukebox - AI generated music
We’re introducing Jukebox, a neural net that generates music, including rudimentary singing, as raw audio in a variety of genres and artist styles.... (2020)
The Fab Foundation
Bridging the Digital Divide Design / Fabricate / Share. We work to provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to educate, i... (2023)
VEED - Online Video Editor - Video Editing Made Simple
Make stunning videos with a single click. Cut, trim, crop, add subtitles and more. Online, no account needed. Try it now, free. VEED (2021)
Wattpad - Where stories live
Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story (2021)
Descript - Video editing AI tool - Create podcasts, videos, and transcripts
Record, edit, mix, collaborate, and master your audio and video with Descript. Download for free →. (2020)
Contentyze - AI writing, marketing content
Use Contentyze to automatically create marketing content from raw data using Artificial Intelligence. (2020)
MindNode
Every great idea starts with a single thought. Which leads to an other and another. And then a million more! Whether it's on the beach, at the offi... (2020)
Buy Me A Coffee | Where creators make money doing what they love
Buy Me A Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans. (2020)
Patreon - Best way for artists and creators to get sustainable income and connect with fans
Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. Join over 50,000 creators earning salaries from over 1,00... (2018)