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Being and staying creative isn’t magic, it’s work. This diagram breaks down how to get it done.
Being and staying creative isn’t magic, it’s work. This diagram breaks down how to get it done.
So many of the things that make you creative can also make you have a tendency to wallow, but there are ways make them work to your advantage.
If you don’t know what you want, how on Earth are you ever going to achieve it? Sometimes the first step is just figuring that out.
Music Supervisor Andrew Kahn knows a thing or two about mixtapes. Find something new, weird or that one song you forgot about on his blog.
Nina Simone’s song is both defiant and joyous. It ebbs and flows under the basic premise: you don’t need anything except to be alive. Something we’d all do good to remember in a time of conspicuous consumption.
This collection discusses how the placebo works and why it still isn’t completely understood.
Photojournalist Ben Lowy caught this stunning shot at the World Wrestling Championships in Tashkent.
The National Institute of Health announced plans to map the brain in a similar fashion to human genome. The project is so immense, it is hard not to be impressed by the innovation and cooperation that will be needed to complete it.
It’s a rainy day song. It’s a sexy song. It’s the kind of song you can’t hear enough.
NPR reports on how curiosity helps you learn both the really important things and the really boring things alike.
Mary J. Blige’s cover of the Chaka classic is make out song royalty. Well, at least it is to us.
For when you want to look at food and weird things…and weird food.
Author and Buddhist meditation teacher Sharon Saltzberg talks about how admitting the hard stuff is the first step in the right direction.
Whether you just like odd stuffed toys or you need a tool to teach your loved ones about a specific organ, I Heart Guts is a company like no other.
There was a time when sex was exclusively behind closed doors and even doctors didn’t fully understand what was happening. We may know the science of it now, but as this TV adaptation shows, the emotional impact remains elusive.
Since his time with the Jackson 5, Michael Jackson never had a problem finding the sound that seemed to embody joy. This posthumous release shows he can still do it beyond the grave.
Rebecca Skloot’s look into the history of the HeLa cell line involves both race and medical ethics, and reminds us of the humanity that lies beneath all science.
Their mission is simple: a tool to put you in contact with particular works of art that are helpful to look at when facing certain problems. Sounds good to us!
A look into a small piece of medical science that will inspire awe in human biology and the relationships that it can bring about.
Music does crazy things to your brain. Oliver Sacks explains why it does, while telling some amazing stories of rare syndromes and bizarre accidents.
The early to mid 90’s were a boon for the easy workout hit. Ariana Grande seems to have gotten lost in a wormhole and is channeling that bygone era of hypercolor with full force.
So it turns out that self-affirmations do change behavior. Stop reading and start affirming.
This video is so lo-fi it makes us feel a little weird, but there is no doubting that there is a lot of truth in what ol’ Martin is saying.
An incredible non-profit organization that brings contemporary art and artists like Rob Pruitt to children’s hospitals to inspire and heal through creativity.
Dinah Washington captures the despondency in turning to alcohol to dim one’s feelings. You don’t have to be addicted to relate.
Mary Gauthier’s struggle with recovery and her sexuality begins and ends with a lot of understanding. Her take on a hard life reminds us that we might need a ‘nun in blue jeans’ of our own someday.
All those glib reminders to see the bright side of things might have been wrong all along. Cynics, get excited.
Rodriguez has as many questions for the listener as we’ve had about him. The subject of the documentary Searching for Sugarman star has us wondering about a lot.
This guide is equal parts helpful and hilarious. The pictures might be dated but the content is not.
Sometimes you just need a picture of a puppy blending into some shag carpeting.
Do we not have decent attention spans anymore? Is it bad personal habits? Is it just nature? This video lets us in on the secret of why we can’t stay engaged.
When our own doubts and insular natures work against us, it can be the most dangerous thing of all. This beautiful song from Iris Dement is a reminder to get out of our own head once in a while.
John Lanchester discusses food and our identity, and why it has gotten out of hand.
A history of the continued cultural relevance of the movie that taught us the danger of land wars in Asia.
Who needs stuffed animals when you could get your loved one a stuffed historical figure by illustrator Chen Reichert?
This video series from the Guardian asks point blank, “How do you do it?” It never hurts to listen those who have been there and done that.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are the most famous couple in modern history. Beyond the marriages, the affairs, the movies, the makeup, and the alcohol, there was true love… in the backseat of a car.
John Updike reminisces about moving out of New York after having a family and the changes it brought about, not to mention how things have changed in the city itself.
Big, romantic, sweeping – everything you want in a made for radio ballad from the most famous pop star around. It’s a little fast for slow dancing, but it’s ok to feel like an eighth grader when you listen to it.
A short film from James Griffiths captures the serendipity of love.
Lisa Selin Davis’ Modern Love essay about young love told through its soundtrack.
Why do we kiss? Well, this video breaks down the whole shebang.
These cards are funny, irreverent, playful, and honest. Who actually relates to the message on a Hallmark card? If they’re a schmuck, but they’re your schmuck – tell them.
Dream Pop duo Say Lou Lou give us a another reason to believe in love…“and maybe we are sinners, but love, it ain’t no crime”
Snow Hill brings a whole new sense of strange longing to this karaoke friendly Ronnettes hit.
This perfectly measured speech is a succinct and rapturous ode to the why and how we tell stories and what makes them valuable.
The actor Hawke tells the story of his short lived, but profound relationship with his stepfather in a warm and funny manner.
Maybe you thought those shared bathrooms during freshman year were a form of torture? Think again, they may have been the reason you had friends in the first place.
Forty portraits of the Brown Sisters over forty years are striking for what they don’t show – not the fights, successes or family drama, just a moment in time.
Love isn’t ever one thing. Susan Choi’s beautiful novel is not what it seems, but it will open your heart and mind with equal force.