Neuroscience tells us that creative flow is a state of intense concentration where ideas flow freely and effortlessly. This happens when we're not stressed or anxious about anything. When faced with a ...

There's an old idea that madness and genius go together. We like to link art and danger, imagining that artists, like Christ figures, suffer for our sake, enduring poverty and terrors in order to ...

Local Free Little Art Gallery (FLAG) curators aim to create big community impacts through small acts of kindness. Inspired by the Free Little Libraries, FLAGs are miniature art galleries that showcase ...

Two old friends. A rainy afternoon. Vanilla lattes at Starbucks. Divergent conversations about life, the world, and the best tiramisu in town. An inquiry about my forthcoming book on creativity: “What ...

A new study examines whether AI could be an automated helpmeet in creative tasks, with mixed results: It appeared to help less naturally creative people write more original short stories — but ...

Creative people often have chaotic bursts of inspiration that lead to what they believe are great ideas, but that people with average minds find bizarre. These people don't live like the average ...