Creative Blocks

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/// 1. Periods of time where the process of idea execution has come to a standstill.

Test Your Creativity: 5 Classic Creative Challenges

How creative are you? Find out by taking a few quick tests that psychologists have been using to study creativity for decades.

Collected Wisdom: 25 Bits of Advice on Making Ideas Happen

What's the best making-ideas-happen advice you've ever received? Check the top 25 tips and quotes from our army of 99% Twitter followers.  

The Rhythms of Work vs The Rhythms of Creative Labor

Are all types of work created equal? We think not. Rote work may have a predictable rhythm, but creative labor marches to its own drummer.

Is Consumerism Killing Our Creativity?

Modern culture thrives on consumerism. But does our passion for consumption come at the expense of our creativity?

Reel Back: Finding Creativity in Constraints

Designer Damien Correll is a fan of boundaries. We chat about how constraints are conducive to creativity, and why knowing your history is important.

Ones to Watch: Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen

Frontman Hamilton Leithauser talks about the blood, sweat, and focus that went into the Walkmen's warm and wistful new record, "You & Me."

Meerkat Media: Promoting Artists of All Stripes

Arts collective Meerkat Media knows the value of collaboration and doing just a little bit every day.

Tatiana Arocha: Unabated Inspiration

Illustrator and designer Tatiana Arocha on creative planning, finding perpetual inspiration, and maintaining a contrarian's disposition.