Reads tagged with “creativity”

The 10 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2012

From Buddhism to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty, by way of storytelling and habit.

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Maira Kalman on Art and the Power of Not Thinking

“To have an empty brain is a complete delight.”

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The Nature of the Fun: David Foster Wallace on Why Writers Write

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”

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The Art of “Negative Capability”: Keats on Embracing Uncertainty and Celebrating the Mysterious

On the art of remaining in doubt “without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”

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How a Cat Boosts Your Creativity

“… the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you.”

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Henry Miller on Writing and Life

“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.”

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The Daily Routines of Great Writers

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”

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How the Gutenberg Press Embodies Combinatorial Creativity

From metallurgy to the division of labor, or why Gutenberg was a typesetting despot.

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Susan Sontag on the Creative Purpose of Boredom

“Most of the interesting art of our time is boring.”

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Why I Write: Joan Didion on Ego, Grammar, and the Creative Impulse

“Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write.”

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Reads tagged with “creativity”

From Buddhism to the relationship between creativity and dishonesty, by way of storytelling and habit.

“To have an empty brain is a complete delight.”

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”

On the art of remaining in doubt “without any irritable reaching after fact & reason.”

“… the tranquility of the cat will gradually come to affect you.”

“Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery.”

“A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.”

From metallurgy to the division of labor, or why Gutenberg was a typesetting despot.

“Most of the interesting art of our time is boring.”

“Had I been blessed with even limited access to my own mind there would have been no reason to write.”

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