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10 Ways Music Is Intrinsically Linked to Our Cultural Identity

By Chantal Ford — 2020

Do we realize just how much of an influence music really has on us and our cultural identity?

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Creative Burnout: When the Creativity Tap Runs Dry

Creativity is fragile: it needs to be fed enough inspiration, but not too much, for consuming an excessive amount of information may destroy its delicate balance. It needs space to grow, but should not be forced, for mechanical work may lead to lifeless output.

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Anne-Laure Le Cunff
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How Googlers Avoid Burnout (and Secretly Boost Creativity)

You have to “turn it off” to “turn it on” when it matters most.

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Brad Stulberg, Steve Magness
2017
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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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Collaborating with Creative Peers

Artists feel pride in producing work that bears their unique stamp. As a result, some resist incorporating others’ ideas into their projects, even when those suggestions address problems they’d like to solve.

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Kimberly D. Elsbach, Brooke Brown-Saracino, Francis J. Flynn
2015
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10 Productivity Hacks for Creative People

10 productivity hacks for creative people and the challenges that they help to surmount

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Lewis Humphries
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The Creative Collectives Finding Strength in Numbers

The 1960s and ’70s stand as an era of artistic community — of collectives: musicians and writers, artists and architects, photographers and filmmakers listening, arguing and creating with each other. Now they're rediscovering their power.

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Adam Bradley
2021
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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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The Shadow of Perfectionism Doesn’t Need to Diminish You or Your Art

When you get caught up in a drive to be perfect, you can’t find your emotional creative space.

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Mihaela Ivan Holtz
2021
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How to Cope with the Pressure of an Artistic Career

How can you work with pressure while still maintaining your authentic connection to yourself, your art, your audience, and the people you love?

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Mihaela Ivan Holtz
2019
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Dear Therapist: I Survived Cancer, but Now I’m Afraid My Husband Resents Me

“For your husband, your illness may have made him acutely aware of not just your mortality, but also his own.”

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Lori Gottlieb
2019
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