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Creative flow?

March 6th, 2009 · Comments

I recently watched an interesting TED presentation by Elizabeth Gilbert on ‘a new way to think about creativity’ (found via Lateral Action where there’s a good post about the content of the talk):

The presentation looks at how creativity was often assigned to divine assistance in historical times, and the benefits that approach had – and [...]

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Creative inspiration – interviews with TV writers

January 8th, 2009 · Comments

It’s easy to like Charlie Brooker for his ability to rip something apart in a suitably scathing way, but sometimes he also betrays himself by giving away insights into how to build something up in the first place.
Which is why I’ve spent a happy 50 minutes watching a Screenwipe episode in which he interviews some [...]

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Why I wish I was my son…

December 30th, 2008 · Comments

Originally I was going to write a flippant post about how doing social media is a lot like having an 8-month old (long hours and sleepless nights worrying about how he/it is developing, and which are the best toys to be providing to enrich his/people’s lives).
That prompted me to consider how lucky he is to [...]

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