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Creativity

  • The Practicing Artist

    5 minute read

    11 Principles for Crafting your Life as a Work of Art

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  • The Watterson "Rules"

    9 minute read

    Four simple rules to guide your creative endeavors as drawn from the career of Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes.

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  • Don't Hack Your Life to Death

    5 minute read

    Instead, use these three questions to create sustainable learning systems.

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  • On the Imperfect Start

    4 minute read

    Just get going with what you have right now.

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  • Enlivening Your Creative Practice

    8 minute read

    Five actions you can take to get closer to mastery of your art

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  • On Creative Practice, Part 2: Structure, Just Enough

    8 minute read

    How systems create structure, which produces habits, so you can be your most creative self.

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  • On Creative Practice, Part 1: Overcoming Fear

    8 minute read

    Beating fear as the first step toward building a creative practice.

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  • A New (Old) Definition of the Word Art

    5 minute read

    Stop objectifying art and focus on the work instead.

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