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‘Should I Quit My Day Job to Write a Book?’

By Heather Havrilesky — 2018

Recently, after years of being afraid to confront this reality, I accepted that I want to be a writer.

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Why Inspiration Matters

“When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.” — Rudyard Kipling

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Scott Barry Kaufman
2011
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Using Creativity to Build Self-Esteem

Creativity can help you to build self-esteem, improve your mental health and boost your wellbeing. There are many ways that you can be creative and it doesn’t matter what you do.

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Fay Agathangelou
2015
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How to Enter the ‘Flow State’ for Effortless Creativity

Taking a modern look at a millennia-old concept. We experience the "flow state" when a given task becomes effortless and time slips by without our noticing. The concept has appeared in many ancient philosophies like Stoicism and Taoism, and modern research has confirmed this experience is real.

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Matt Davis
2018
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The ‘Flow State’: Where Creative Work Thrives

Many of us know what it’s like to be in a state of creative flow. Do you have to wait for inspiration to strike, or can you hack ‘the zone’?

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Alice Robb
2019
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The Flow (the Zone)— For Writers? What Is It? How Do I Get Into It?

The concept of the flow, or being in the zone for an artist, is very much like the state an athlete achieves (or strives to achieve) for peak performance. It’s that place beyond all the effort, where time is meaningless and everything just flows.

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Elle Fredine
2018
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Creative People’s Brains Really Do Work Differently

Creative people are able to juggle seemingly contradictory modes of thought—cognitive and emotional, deliberate and spontaneous.

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Carolyn Gregoire
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7 Self-Improvement and Productivity Tips From Incredible Artists

Rather than looking to the usual sources for life hacks — you know, famous CEOs, world leaders, cult leaders — It’s time to look to a profession that often gets a tough rap (yet requires more grit and determination than most): Artists.

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D Emptyspace
2019
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7 Great Artist Duos that Shaped Art History

“I believe that collaboration is the solution and may bring us the harmony which would liberate art from its boundless confusion” - Jean Arp

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Alexxa Gotthardt
2016
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The Anxiety that Limits Your Creative Genius

Many professions require you to think flexibly and improvise all day long—but constant pressure to be inventive could be holding you back.

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David Robson
2021
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Experiences with Cancer, Captured in Works of Art

The program Brushes with Cancer pairs patients with artists whose works make visible a disease that can be invisible and isolating.

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Susan Gubar
2020
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