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The reason we’re alive is to express ourselves in the world. And creating art may be the most effective and beautiful method of doing so. Art goes beyond language, beyond lives. It’s a universal way to send messages between each other and through time.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Bringing people together: Almost without exception, the projects studied have made a significant contribution to bringing people together. At a simple level, more than nine out of ten respondents made new friends as a result of their involvement. This is such an ordinary outcome of participating in the arts that it can easily be underestimated:
... See moreFrançois Matarasso • Use or ornament? The social impact of participation in the arts
The public money has dried up, in other words, but so has a whole lot of the private money. You might not have noticed the ramifications quite yet, but you will. It’s in the increasingly ardent pleas from your local NPR station, of course, but it’s also just absence: the film festival or day camp or curated exhibition or concert series that just... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • No Really, How Do We Fund the Art We Care About *Right Now*?
the spirit of a labyrinth — in its valuing the journey over the destination, the process over the product, the creative biodiversity of its environment over its metrics or profit optimization, and most essentially — the act of being and existing over persuading, or selling — this spirit can be a guiding ethos for business.
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kening zhu • Build a Labyrinth, Not a Funnel
The real reason you're tired all the time: It's not your workload. It's your open loops. The text you haven't answered. The apology you owe. The decision you're avoiding. The conversation you keep postponing. These run in the background of your mind all day, draining your battery. Close your loops. Watch your energy return. Mental clutter is more... See more
Scott D. Clary • Scott D. Clary (@scottdclary)
In her acceptance speech, Carrozzini shared a story about explaining creativity to her three-year-old son: “After a few minutes, he looked at me and said, ‘I get it, Mama: creativity means you have magic in your mind.’