Music & other Art – Page 22 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

Music for Mad Scientists and People Who Leave Academia

2014-03-30

Might be my current situation, but I while watching Disneys Frozen, I found Let it Go the perfect analogy to mad scientists -- and people who think about leaving Academia. Judge yourself.
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Science without Art is Bleak, Art without Science is Terrifying

2014-03-23

Science and Art are not on opposed ends of the spectrum -- and they actually need each other. Here's why.
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Recommendation: Honest Trailers & CinemaSins

2014-03-21

Two beautiful series on YouTube -- Honest Trailers and Everything Wrong with ... with two examples each.
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Updates on Reading and Writing Tips

2014-03-18

Looking back on my iPad hovering over my bed and a few tips on writing, including Hemingway App, Pomodoro, and the Goldberg Variations (image from Hemingway App).
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Being an Adult, or: Life is Not a Song

2014-02-17

Ah, princesses. Nice that Disney and other companies try to celebrate self-determined people, but shouldn't they be competent as well? Shouldn't they, I don't know, start learning or something after they have finished singing?
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BuzzFeedYellow Video Recommendation: Artists and Unemployed

2014-02-03

Two beautiful videos from Buzzfeed many creative people should identify with.
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Recommendation: Bukowski

2014-01-31

Stumbled upon a poetry book and it's ... impressive (book cover on the left). Some remarks and sample poems in the article.
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Interesting Movie Reviews

2014-01-27

Found some interesting movie reviews -- link and a few examples. Also: Stoker, Dexter, and that shower scene.
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Music Recommendations from Movies

2014-01-26

Some recommendations for music from movies I've watched -- with links to YouTube where possible.
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Inspiration from Unlikely Places

2014-01-25

How you can find references to interesting works in unlikely places -- and an example.
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BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.