Creativity

twelve years a slave, from his birth, in Dallas County, Alabama, in 1853 or so, until Union cavalry swept through the cotton plantation where he was owned, in 1865. Sixty-four years later, in 1939, homeless on the streets of Montgomery, he became an extraordinary artist, making magnetically beautiful, dramatic, and utterly original drawings on foun... See more

Dean Simonton, a psychologist, has spent his career studying creative productivity. He has found that even creative geniuses, what some may call David Guetta, have a hard time recognizing when they have a hit. Simonton spent some time studying Beethoven and spoke about him,

“Beethoven’s own favorites among his symphonies, sonatas, and quartets are n... See more

It started when both were in London one day and decided to get together and produce some music. On that day, one of the songs they made was “I’m Good (Blue)”. However, at the end of the day, they decided that nothing they made that day was worth releasing. It was a solid music production session but nothing really moved the needle. 

Fast forward a f... See more