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I was a loser, most concerned with making a living. It took me 30 years to understand… I had to reinvent a system, find a way out, and set some rules that could work for me and a few others. I guess in the end that’s what we all are trying to do. Maurizio Cattelan…
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Are Creative People More Dishonest? – Carmen Nobel via HBS Working Knowledge
Are Creative People More Dishonest? – Carmen Nobel via HBS Working Knowledge Picasso is attributed with saying “art is a lie that tells the truth”. Creative individuals have also been characterized as those who can hold two conflicting ideas in their mind without going insane. This study comes as no surprise, but as verification stoweboyd:…
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Havel was different, in the end, from so many of his generation. Obsessed for so long with the tactics of destruction, few of them understood the importance of reconstruction. In fact, victory was not just toppling the old regime, victory was creating the institutions and symbols that would replace it. Because he was far-thinking enough…
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kenyatta: Participate: Designing with User Generated Content Nowadays, many of the tools of production and distribution used by graphic designers are available to the broader public. And not only are members of the public turning into amateur designers, they are also invited by professionals to contribute to their creative process. The book addresses the curiosity…
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visual-poetry: “estrangement” by václav havel
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newyorker: Postscript: Vaclav Havel, 1936-2011 In a parallel universe, in a luckier realm, Havel would have lived out his life as a Czech epigone of Ionesco and Beckett, a carefree son of privilege, free to write, to pursue his pleasures, to listen to the rock ‘n roll he loved. Instead, like a living figure from…
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Raph Koster: Good Design, Bad Design, Great Design
humanegames: Good design is familiar. Bad design is boring. Great design is exciting. Good design embraces human nature. Bad design exploits human nature. Great design is humane and humanistic. Good design guides. Bad design controls. Great design invites. Good design drives habit. Bad design drives frustration. Great design drives passion. Good design teaches. Bad design…
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Teachers Don’t Like Creative Students
by Alex Tabarrok on December 12, 2011 at 7:33 am in Economics, Education One of the most consistent findings in educational studies of creativity has been that teachers dislike personality traits associated with creativity. Research has indicated that teachers prefer traits that seem to run counter to creativity, such as conformity and unquestioning acceptance of…
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it8bit: Pixel Art Brush Set created by Jurģis Narvils Artist note: A brush set for pixel artists, who work on Photoshop. Includes 40 brushes. Download Here
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Alex Kehayias’s Blog: Learning to Code – I did it this year. Your turn.
Alex Kehayias’s Blog: Learning to Code – I did it this year. Your turn. alexkehayias: Next week marks the one year anniversary since I started to learn to code with no previous experience (I have a bullshit degree in marketing). I still worked full time on my startup while learning at night and on weekends.…