creativity

93 posts

1. The Wesleyan Argus | A.O. Scott Defends the Art of Criticism November 29, 2015
2. Back to the Future and creative frustration November 24, 2015
3. My creative process begins with: just thinking August 27, 2015
4. When you’re an actor, you can act on your own July 9, 2015
5. I’ve had my dictaphone since the mid-to-late ’90s March 10, 2015
6. Don’t focus too much on this idea about your influences August 31, 2014
7. Demons Hate Fresh Air May 7, 2014
8. The Great Discontent: Austin Kleon April 6, 2014
9. The Risks Worth Taking - Austin Kleon February 23, 2014
10. Shooting a movie is the worst milieu for creative work ever devised by man September 16, 2013
11. Motivational advice risks making things worse May 7, 2013
12. It’s basically recursion May 2, 2013
13. Tyler, the Creator Talks Directing Movies, Being Rejected by Justin Bieber | Billboard April 1, 2013
14. Creative People Say No — Thoughts on creativity — Medium March 21, 2013
15. Nieman Reports | ‘Writing is all about rewriting, which means you’ve got to get something down.’ February 26, 2013
16. On disclosures, Instagram photos of your kids, and the “artist as genius” myth February 25, 2013
17. Paris Review – CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: Preface, George Saunders January 17, 2013
18. The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film December 27, 2012
19. Chuck Close photographed by Bill Jacobson November 21, 2012
20. “I don’t know how I’m finna do this shit again” November 14, 2012
21. The secret is that the shit is fun to me November 14, 2012
22. The immediacy of a painter’s canvas and a musical instrument November 3, 2012
23. Philip Glass and Beck Discuss Collaborating on ‘Rework’ - NYTimes.com October 6, 2012
24. Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky September 7, 2012
25. For The Body Is Not One Member, But Many: An Interview with Tim Carmody : Deron Bauman April 24, 2012
26. Dead or remote masters can’t refuse you as an apprentice February 27, 2012
27. I made a cute dog video disguised as a book trailer February 20, 2012
28. The point isn’t to achieve everything February 6, 2012
29. Are people who dwell on their problems more creative? - Barking up the wrong tree February 3, 2012
30. Every time I come to work I feel like I’m starting a second life January 6, 2012
31. Do Things the Long, Hard, Stupid Way — Frank Chimero December 22, 2011
32. It’s so easy not to realize you’re under someone else’s influence December 15, 2011
33. Last Notes: The wild, sublime music that composers write on their deathbeds. - Slate Magazine December 5, 2011
34. Composers As Gardeners - Brian Eno - Edge November 18, 2011
35. Every Work of Art Is a Game Played Out at the Worktable September 22, 2011
36. Uncreative Writing: It's Not Plagiarism. In the Digital Age, It's 'Repurposing.' - The Chronicle of Higher Education September 19, 2011
37. On Taste - Edmund Burke August 23, 2011
38. The better part of my work on media is actually somewhat like… July 4, 2011
39. Most things are hideous at birth June 28, 2011
40. Most things are hideous at birth June 28, 2011
41. Most things are hideous at birth June 28, 2011
42. THE NEW YORKER: Barry Michels’s & Phil Stutz’ Therapy Drawings April 21, 2011
43. How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) - Austin Kleon April 8, 2011
44. I haven’t had trouble with writer’s block March 25, 2011
45. Should you stay up all night gambling in Vegas? - Barking up the wrong tree March 22, 2011
46. If you inspire people to make things, it just makes them love you all the more March 1, 2011
47. I have one of those food-chopper brains that nothing comes out of the way it… February 23, 2011
48. When I begin working on a film, it’s like standing on shaky ground January 14, 2011
49. The enveloping air: Light and moment in Monet - By John Berger (Harper's Magazine) December 31, 2010
50. The Searchers: Radiohead’s unquiet revolution - The New Yorker November 30, 2010
51. Paris Review - The Art of Poetry No. 30, Philip Larkin November 22, 2010
52. Permanent style: When style becomes costume October 12, 2010
53. At last R gets down again to his score, though he still has no pen which he… September 20, 2010
54. Try to make things that can become better in other people’s minds than they… September 9, 2010
55. You have to reinvent reasons for playing, and one year’s answer might not do… July 29, 2010
56. The Wrong Stuff: On Air and On Error: This American Life's Ira Glass on Being Wrong July 10, 2010
57. On The Art Of Fiction - Willa Cather July 8, 2010
58. The first strong external revelation of the Dry Rot in men, is a tendency… June 22, 2010
59. Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy… June 1, 2010
60. AllHipHop.com: With “Shooters,” did you hear the original version by Robin… May 6, 2010
61. Jack Kerouac: Essentials of Spontaneous Prose April 29, 2010
62. Anthony Bourdain, unreserved - chicagotribune.com April 26, 2010
63. You can afford to expose yourself to uncertainties in art that you wouldn’t… April 5, 2010
64. Andy McKenzie: The Blog: Subsdize Earnestness February 18, 2010
65. The Internet Blurs Serious and Playful Thoughts January 11, 2010
66. Bicycle Diaries (review: 3/5) December 28, 2009
67. To the Audience October 9, 2009
68. If people have even a little understanding, it is better to move them than… September 25, 2009
69. Making the Clackity Noise August 25, 2009
70. Respect the dance floor because the dance floor never lies August 12, 2009
71. It seems like the big distinction between good art and so-so art lies… July 30, 2009
72. All these different kinds of fantastic music you hear today - course it’s all… July 28, 2009
73. Once the music plays, it creates me July 6, 2009
74. Scott Weaver creates a San Francisco toothpick city July 2, 2009
75. You know how you scratch away at a lottery ticket to see if you’ve won? June 27, 2009
76. I like the idea that you let culture use you as its instrument June 24, 2009
77. You care about things that you make, and that makes it easier to care about… June 5, 2009
78. I never think of anything as finished until it’s released June 4, 2009
79. From an interview with Lynda Barry March 11, 2009
80. Joy of Dullness November 14, 2008
81. A Day in the Life of a Musician by Erik Satie August 20, 2008
82. New York Times article about boredom August 7, 2008
83. Igor Stravinsky July 31, 2008
84. Robert Frost on creative growth July 21, 2008
85. Star Wars Kid July 16, 2008
86. The origin of creative juices July 13, 2008
87. Chigurh vs. Plainview February 13, 2008
88. It is important to use your hands February 4, 2008
89. he calls himself and leaves a voice mail January 13, 2008
90. Terry Gross interviewed Chuck Close a couple years ago January 11, 2008
91. I don't know how anyone can try to be universal December 25, 2007
92. Art has no shortcuts, folks December 3, 2007
93. Ze Frank on feeling uninspired November 27, 2007