“I don’t like emotions… For some reason I’m more comfortable in imaginary circumstances.” actor William H. Macy
One of the primary tools of a creative person is imagination. But in his new book “Stumbling on Happiness” Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert proposes that imagination may directly impact our sense of happiness in limiting or distorting ways.
Meghan [...]

Many multitalented people explore a variety of interests in both art and science - two examples being Leonardo da Vinci [see the publication Leonardo's Notebooks] and Felice Frankel, Artist in Residence in Science and Technology at the Edgerton Center, MIT [see an image of her work on the page visual arts.]
In her article Are You [...]

When she was a newly single mother and struggling to support her baby daughter in Edinburgh, J.K. Rowling chose to commit herself to her dream of becoming a novelist by writing “Harry Potter.”
“I was very low, and I had to achieve something,” she said. “Without the challenge, I would have gone stark raving mad.” [From [...]

Excerpts from the article: Reverse Psychology for Success - by John Eliot, Ph.D.
There is no ideal; there is no perfect. Striving for either is a sure fire way to tie yourself up in knots.
I tell performers all the time: Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of [...]

“As humanistic psychologists, educators, peacemakers, spiritual guides, expressive artists, and researchers, we have a large web of people that, if working together, can manifest positive shifts in a troubled world.
“My own focus has been to giving an active life to Carl Roger’s “Theory of Creativity.” In these times where conformity is being thrust upon us [...]

“Sometimes creativity is a compulsion, not an ambition.”
Edward Norton [Ent. Wkly ew.com] - about the documentary The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006) - about a manic-depressive singer
> photo: with Evan Rachel Wood in “Down in the Valley”
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“Negative obsessions are a true negative for everyone, but most creators — and all would-be creators [...]