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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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Jarvis Brookfield on His Psychedelic Paintings, Dream-Like States and What It Means to Be Human

What does it mean to be human? And what are these altered states of consciousness that are so fascinating? These are the things Jarvis Brookfield ponders through his explosive and psychedelic, acid-trip artworks, going on show at LCB Depot in Leicester this month.

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Katy Cowan
2021
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Stories for the Journey

What might have been a chilly and confusing morning drive to school for father and children has instead been an opportunity to weave an astonishingly intimate fabric of heart and imagination.

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Nancy Mellon
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How Instagram Saved Poetry

Social media is turning an art form into an industry. Rupi Kaur is a case study in how dramatically the world of poetry has changed. The 25-year-old Canadian poet outsold Homer two years ago: Her first collection, Milk & Honey, has been translated into 40 languages and has sold 3.

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Faith Hill and Karen Yuan
2018
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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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Creativity

Contrary to earlier theories that creative people emerged from conflicted families, Csikszentmihalyi’s findings, published as Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (1996), showed that these individuals had, for the most part, experienced normal childhoods and grown up in...

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Barbara Kerr
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Secrets of the Creative Brain

A leading neuroscientist who has spent decades studying creativity shares her research on where genius comes from, whether it is dependent on high IQ—and why it is so often accompanied by mental illness.

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Nancy C. Andreasen
2014
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The Art of Creativity

When the creative spirit stirs, it animates a style of being: a lifetime filled with the desire to innovate, to explore new ways of doing things, to bring dreams of reality.

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Daniel Goleman, Paul Kaufman, Michael Ray
1992
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The Secret to Creativity–According to Science

Imagination is what propels us forward as a species—it expands our worlds and brings us new ideas, inventions and discoveries.

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Valerie van Mulukom
2018
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Here’s How Imagination Works

Our imagination allows us to do more than just daydream. It sparks new ideas and helps us visualize ourselves achieving that next great goal in life.

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Mental Floss Content Team
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How Your Imagination Can Help You Overcome Your Fears

In your imagination, you can do anything. Riding a dragon? Piece of cake. Imagination is what fuels creativity and allows us to come up with innovative solutions. New research assessing brain scans shows that our imagination can also help us get rid of our anxieties and fears.

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Maria Cohut
2018
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