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Creativity: Business Savvy or Mental Illness?
Just as a Fast Company article relates that folks now think that the creativity of a CEO is prized over one’s integrity or global thinking, a new Swedish study that found, according to the online Bloomberg BusinessWeek: “Creative people may think broadly and make unusual associations because they, like schizophrenics, may be less able to [...]
The Creativity-Addiction Connection
While we often may discuss the influence of madness on creativity, I’ve rarely run across the connection addiction and creativity. In a blog post on Psychology Today, Mary Sojourner, the author of “She Bets Her Life: A True Story of Gambling Addiction” (Seal Press/April 2010), writes about the moment she realized its connection to her [...]
Finding a spark
As a busy, creative mom, I have a stack of notebooks I grab and carry throughout my day. Sometimes there is a glimmer of an idea, but I don’t want to miss writing or sketching it. Far from doing a daily journal, my notebooks sometimes prod me into thinking. Sometimes the notebook glares at me [...]
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