04:10 min
CLEAR ALL
What you already know is that The Onion is a comedy institution. But what might surprise you is that for 30 years it’s also been one of America’s most consistent and effective idea factories.
Virtuoso artist William Kentridge treats the TEDxJohannesburg audience to a masterclass on his creative process. William’s practice is born out of a cross-fertilisation between mediums and genres.
For the author, it’s not a question of sitting around and wondering what to write; it’s a question of deciding which of the "far-fetched and absurd" ideas she’s going to try to tackle.
As part of the Create Forever campaign with FUJIFILM, we got a chance to sit down with the legendary Ira Glass and explore why he creates along with what it takes to find that thing that only you can make.
1
A video on the importance of 'taste' in creativity and storytelling.
2
In the first part of The National’s series Battling Burnout, Canadian author and workplace expert Rahaf Harfoush tells Andrew Chang that pressures in the modern workplace are distorting our identities by often placing success at work at the expense of mental and physical well-being.
How do creative people come up with great ideas? Organizational psychologist Adam Grant studies "originals": thinkers who dream up new ideas and take action to put them into the world. In this talk, learn three unexpected habits of originals — including embracing failure.
A Feb. 7, 2016 interview with author Natalie Goldberg on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of her phenomenally successful self-help for writers book, "Writing Down The Bones."
How attention and focus affects creative thinking.
Let your mind wander: Your next great idea might come when you least expect it.