Codependency and Creative Community

“Come to my state and read poems from the book over which you spent five years laboring. It’ll cost $400 … More

Perfectionism can lead to fear of failure rather than better work

Perfectionism is a widespread modus operandi among artists. In an essay inspired by the film Solo, our author reflects why … More

Stoic Principles Every Creative Needs To Thrive

Ancient philosophy and creative work are rarely thought analogous. Maybe they should. Creative work of any kind—a book, a screenplay, … More

True freedom is a luxury of the mind

In his influential paper of 1943, A Theory of Human Motivation, the American psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed that healthy human … More

Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer

If you’re like many people, you may have decided that you want to spend less time staring at your phone. … More

Flow – The key to unlocking meaning, creativity, peak performance, and true happiness

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness … More

12 stages of burnout according to psychologists Herbert Freudenberger and Gail North

We often don’t realize that we’re suffering from burnout until it’s too late. When we push our creativity and productivity … More

Does Having a Day Job Mean Making Better Art?

ONCE UPON A time, artists had jobs. And not “advising the Library of Congress on its newest Verdi acquisition” jobs, … More