We’re hardwired to seek patterns and predict outcomes. We love certainty and what we know, and we want to get things right and not make mistakes. But creativity lives in that exact space of not knowing what comes next, of having to make a choice instead of following in someone Read more…
Why we like to stick to the same songs instead of trying something new (and what this means for creativity) I don’t know about you, but I have songs I keep coming back to, over and over again. I know exactly how they’re going to sound and how they’re going Read more…
When I was a kid, our house had its share of fragile vases just waiting to fall from their perches. And fall they did (some of them), accidentally knocked down by my brother or me. Luckily, my father had a real knack for putting things back together, so the same Read more…
Kids and creativity When I was a little kid, my friends and I would play underneath our house. We’d make things out of stuff we found lying around. We’d make up games that had no real goal but were fun to play. And then we’d forget all about them because Read more…
Have you ever found yourself so deep in the process of creating something—and it could be anything—that you feel like you’re in danger of losing track of what it is you’re trying to do?
