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What I Learned About Creativity and Burnout from Interviewing 50 Artists

By Melanie Bikowski — 2021

After nearly a year of dealing with this pandemic, I decided it was time to reach out to my community to discuss the challenges we were all facing. The biggest challenge being burnout.

Read on www.elephantjournal.com

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Coming Out Stories From Young Black Creatives

With Pride Month here—this year coinciding with the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement after the killings of George Floyd and other Black victims of excessive police force, and racist attacks—WWD asked a few young Black creatives to share their coming out experiences.

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Victor Vaughns, Jr.
2020
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Latinx Actor Vico Ortiz Talks Coming Out Non-Binary, Breaking Down Gendered Barriers

“In Latin America, there’s been a great deal of progress around gay and lesbian identities,” Ortiz says. “But with being transgender and non-binary, a lot of people are still unsure what it all means and I believe it’s connected to the words we use.”

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Lamar Dawson
2021
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Today’s Queer Latinx Representation on TV Is Everything I Needed Growing Up

In the late ’90s, television was my greatest source of comfort—the place were I went to to find versions of myself reflected back at me. The only queer woman I ever saw on screen, however, was Ellen Degeneres.

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Priscilla Blossom
2019
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Cover Star Lil Nas X’s Road to Becoming Montero

The ever-viral artist discusses his meteoric rise and the pressures of being a Black gay musician on a global stage.

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Tre'vell Anderson
2021
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Enhancing Creativity at Work—It’s Not What You Think

Why is it that “ah ha” moments only seem to creep up on us when we aren’t looking for them? For many of us, this is a real challenge as finding creative solutions to today’s problems is so important not only in our work but in all aspects of our lives.

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Jacqueline Carter
2014
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Fostering Creativity: 12 Tips for Boosting Your Creative Skills

Creativity has been valued throughout human history. It has also been called “the skill of the future” (Powers, 2018).

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Jeffrey Gaines, PhD
2020
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Why Being Creative Is Good for You

What is the key to creativity, and how does it help our mental health? Beverley D’Silva speaks to Artist’s Way author Julia Cameron and others about ‘flow,’ fear and curiosity.

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Beverley D’Silva
2021
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The Science of Creativity

Use these empirically backed tips to capture your next big idea.

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Amy Novotney
2009
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How to Inspire Creativity on a Deadline

I have discovered the best ideas come to me at the most random times: in the shower, brushing my teeth, walking in the woods and in the middle of the night.

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Mel Robbins
2017
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“The Artist’s Way” in an Age of Self Promotion

Artistic people must learn how to emotionally guard themselves against the tides of negativity—both external and internal.

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Carrie Battan
2016
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