Creativity articles
Few musical performances capture the essence of pure creative expression like Keith Jarrett's legendary "The Köln Concert." Recorded on January 24, 1975, in the Cologne Opera House, this completely improvised solo piano performance has become the best-selling piano recording in history and one of the most celebrated jazz albums of all time. Keith Jarrett, already [...]
When it comes to how society views creativity, there is unfortunately a clear stereotype of who is most creative. For hundreds of years, men in general have been listed as more creative than women. This creative stereotype is often based on the fact that throughout history, there have been more examples of famous creative men [...]
Are you the sort of person who procrastinates? Who always seems to put off starting work on something and is easily distracted? While this procrastination may be a significant problem for being productive, and the resulting time pressure can be bad for creativity, there may be some instances when it can be beneficial. According to [...]
Some people still debate whether creativity is something which only certain people are born with, or whether it can be developed in everyone. Well, we have already previously seen that creativity is determined more by our nurture (upbringing) than by our nature (genes we are born with). However, we have also seen that children appear [...]
There is an old adage that children are more creative than adults. That in order to become more creative, you should reconnect with your "inner child". Yet what does the science and research say? Are children really more creative than adults? The answer is a little complicated. How children are more creative than adults Numerous [...]
Would you ever hurt someone intentionally? What about if someone you respected told you to do it? In some cases, people will believe almost anything someone tells them, if the person telling them appears to have the authority to do so. One of the most dangerous biases in the world might be the Authority Bias. [...]
If you have ever felt challenged solving a problem, or struggled to come up with an idea, there is one piece of advice that many people would give: Sleep on it For hundreds of years, artists, scientists and entrepreneurs have told tales about how some of their best ideas came to them in their sleep, [...]
Even if it was created by a terrible person, can art still be beautiful? Is it possible to appreciate something created by someone, when you know that creator has done something you disagree with strongly? And how bad does their action have to be in order for people to change their mind about the quality [...]
Many people have the stereotype of a creative person as someone who is broody, weird and possibly a little depressed. But according to research, the opposite might actually be true. Numerous studies have looked at what sort of mood results in people producing their most creative output. And the results are overwhelmingly clear: Being happy [...]
We have all heard that laughter is the best medicine. But it turns out that if you want to be more creative and come up with highly original ideas, then laughter might also help you. In two sets of research studies, participants were either shown humorous film clips or were allowed to listen to humorous [...]
