Press, Pause, Play
“The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent in an unprecedented way, with unlimited opportunities. But does democratized culture mean better art or is true talent instead drowned out?” Starring Moby, Seth Godin, Sean Parker and more. Trailer (1:05) Full Film (1:24:31) PressPausePlay from House of Radon on Vimeo.
Pixar’s Creative Process: Why solving problems is more important than avoiding mistakes
Pixar’s creative process, according to President Ed Catmull, simply involves going from “Suck to Nonsuck.” This essentially means embracing a messy process by which films are storyboarded and iterated upon until they emerge as swans from ugly ducklings in the final phases of production. “That’s because Catmull and Pixar’s directors think it’s better to fix [...]
The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination: a Harvard commencement address by J.K.Rowling
“Imagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathise with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
To Live a Creative Life by Brené Brown
“The only unique contribution that we will ever make in this world will be born of our creativity.” Brené Brown
Periodic Table of Creative Influences by Mat Dolphin
Mat Dolphin’s Periodic Table of Creative Influences. See how many you share! Bowie? Absolutely. Napoleon? #NotSoMuch
Everything Will Conspire to Stop You … So What?
What interferes with your creative process? Copyblogger’s advice on writer’s block easily applies to all creative disciplines.
Creating a New Craft Culture by Kelley Padrick
The American Crafts Council’s biennial thought leadership conference happened in Minneapolis in October of 2009. The theme of the conference was, “Creating a New Craft Culture,” and I attended it largely because of an article printed in American Craft magazine by author, sociologist, and co-founder of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New [...]
