Steal like an artist

According to Kleon, creative minds shouldn’t worry about reinventing the wheel. Instead, you should use existing ideas as a springboard until you find your unique voice and style.

By trying to be creative and unique, we often stand in our own way and preve...

This is how artists operate every single day around the world: they experiment. They work on projects that move them.

Find the meaning and purpose of your work, focusing less on ideas, and more on inspiration and a good work ethic. Don't be afraid to have the occasional bad write up a...

Factors associated with emotion in music:

• Musical pleasure: The positive feelings are beneficial to health and creative thinking.
• Musical surprise: E.g. unexpected harmonies, or entry of a solo voice.
• Appraisal: Eva...