Why “Psychological Androgyny” Is Essential for Creativity.
“Creative individuals are more likely to have not only the strengths of their own gender but those of the other one, too. A predisposition to psychological androgyny.” -Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Fritz Kahn: The Little-Known Godfather of Infographics | Brain Pickings
How a German gynecologist transformed science into visual poetry and laid the foundations of modern information graphics.
Writing as an Explorer’s Map of the Unknown: Eudora Welty on the Poetics of Place | Brain Pickings
“No art ever came out of not risking your neck.” Writing as an Explorer’s Map of the Unknown: Eudora Welty on the Poetics of Place
by Maria Popova
Famous Advice on Writing: The Collected Wisdom of Great Writers | Brain Pickings
A 5-Step Technique for Producing Ideas circa 1939 | Brain Pickings
“The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.”
A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design by Iconic Designer Chip Kidd | Brain Pickings
William Faulkner on Writing, the Purpose of Art and the Meaning of Life | Brain Pickings
2013 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate Alice Munro on the Secret of a Great Story | Brain Pickings
2013 Nobel Prize in Literature Laureate Alice Munro on the Secret of a Great Story | Brain Pickings