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Get 48 hours of expert writing tips and techniques for under $50
From novels to movies and beyond, this 11-course bundle will jumpstart your writing career.
Viewing abstract art causes notable cognitive changes
Viewing art that doesn't look like anything makes your brain take extra steps to try and get it.
Relieve stress through art with the help of these drawing courses
Pencil Kings will guide you from beginner to mastery with industry-leading teachers from Marvel and DreamWorks.
Astronomers solve a longstanding artwork puzzle
Using modern tools, a team of astronomers uses celestial sleuthing to figure out when Vermeer painted his masterpiece "View of Delft."
“Lights, camera, activism!” with Judith Light
Join multiple Tony and Emmy Award-winning actress Judith Light live on Big Think at 2 pm ET on Monday.
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How Hemingway felt about fatherhood
Parenting could be a distraction from what mattered most to him: his writing.
Creativity: The science behind the madness
Human brains evolved for creativity. We just have to learn how to access it.
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LIVE JUNE 30 | Happiness hack: Approach life like an Italian chef
If you're interested in reinvention and adaptability, turns out Italian cooking is an instruction manual for life.
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Ashamed over my mental illness, I realized drawing might help me – and others – cope
Just before I turned 60, I discovered that sharing my story by drawing could be an effective way to both alleviate my symptoms and combat that stigma.
Imagine learning empathy at school. Global Oneness Project does just that.
To create wiser adults, add empathy to the school curriculum.
Art will never die. So why does it need philanthropy?
We wouldn't want to live without it, so how can we create art that's durable?
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Creative process: Are you in a period of ‘woodshedding’?
It's normal if you're not productive in your creativity all the time. Even the greats took breaks.
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Professional musicians are not right-brained
A study finds that while musical newbies exercise the brain's so-called creative hemisphere, pros have moved on.
Why reading is a form of therapy in times of crisis
Our live stream with Harvard literature professor Lisa New begins at 1 pm ET today.
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Design hack: 10 joy-inducing aesthetics you should know
Why finding joy is more easily attainable than the pursuit of happiness.
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10 things you did as a kid that you should start doing again
Playing and being creative shouldn't stop when you grow up.
Talent, you’re born with. Creativity, you can grow yourself.
In such states of creative divergent thinking, the body is aroused and the pupils become dilated.
An algorithm produced every possible melody. Now its creators want to destroy songwriter copyrights.
A computer coder and a lawyer decide they have a right to speak for all the songwriters that ever lived, those who are alive today, and all those yet to be born.
Correctness makes you less creative. Here’s why.
Effort-focused exercises often lead to better, more innovative ideas.
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This is the training any graphic designer should have. It’s on sale now for under $40.
Come to grips with the fundamentals of graphic design and master the field's top tools.
How will AI shape the future of storytelling?
Can technology act as a feedback loop for human emotions?
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For under $40, you can get over 1 million royalty-free vector graphics to use for life
With a lifetime subscription to VectorGrove, you'll never have to search out the perfect graphic element again. This library of over 1 million vector graphics always has plenty to choose from.
Ethan Hawke: You are everything and you are nothing
The actor's greatest heroes exhibited humility in their actions, a view he tries to emulate.
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Spotify will now create playlists for your pet
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you're mingy with the laser pointer.
Ethan Hawke: Why ‘good’ and ‘bad’ are fickle concepts in history
When you simplify history, you obliterate the truth, says Ethan Hawke.
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This incredible interactive map plays the 13 emotions music makes us feel
It doesn't matter where you're from — music is an emotional powerhouse.
How to criticize, from a critic
Film critic A.O. Scott on how to be more constructive in your criticisms.
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This color-matching portable sensor is like Shazam for designers
Just point the Nix at your surface of choice and within seconds, this eagle-eyed sensor analyzes the pigment and points you to the closest color matches from all the biggest paint brands.
Who decides whether art is ‘good’ or ‘bad’?
Hierarchies of taste exist in our society, but their roots often reflect more than just the quality of work.
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