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Online Creativity Course
10 Steps to Lifelong Creativity. A 10-lesson online course by Gerald Klickstein suited to all creative disciplines. The only resource of its kind on the Web.
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Articles about Creativity
Creativity articles on The Musician's Way Blog.
"Why Designers Should Seek Complexity," by Matthieu Mingasson, July 2011. Advice applicable to all creative pursuits.
"Need to Create? Get a Constraint." Wired, Nov. 13, 2011.
"Daring to Stumble on the Road to Discovery." How experimentation and learning from mistakes is central to creativity. The New York Times, Aug. 2011.
"Positive mood allows brain to think more creatively." Science Daily, 12/15/10.
"The Truth about Grit." Persistent work and a growth mindset are essential to creative success. From the Aug. 2, 2009 Boston Globe.
"The Creativity Crisis." Ways to foster creative thinking. Newsweek, July 2010.
"Two Is the Magic Number." Joshua Wolf Shenk looks into the creative power of collaboration (Slate, Sept. 14, 2010).
"What Makes a Musician?" John Sloboda, Ph.D., describes 5 mechanisms through which we attain musical proficiency.
“Problem Generation and Innovation,” by Robert Root-Bernstein, Ph.D. Click on the “Creativity” button.
Authentic Voice: An Interview with Meredith Monk. Insightful words about the creative process. Mountain Record, 2004.
Musicians Use Both Sides of their Brains More Frequently than Average People. Brain function, creativity, and divergent thinking (Science Daily, 2008).
"In Jazz Improv, Large Portion of Brain’s Prefrontal Region ‘Takes Five’ to Let Creativity Flow." How the brain functions when we think creatively (NIH, 2008).
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Creativity Websites
Articles about creativity on The Musician's Way Blog.
Creativity tips & techniques from MindTools.com.
"The best question in the world." A slideshow by artist Betsy Streeter.
Read about 16 Habits of Mind that help you be more creative.
Imagine That! Annals of Ordinary and Extraordinary Genius. By Michele and Robert Root-Bernstein.
CriticalThinking.org. Critical thinking skills are vital to creativity.
Is your creativity hampered by clutter? Take the Clutter & Creativity Quiz.
“Reducing Procrastination.” Tips for 1st-year college students. Also see "Getting Started" on The Musician's Way Blog.
Learning to Perform project. A study that tracked 100 music students at the Royal College of Music over a 3-year period. Click on "Outcomes Poster."
PowerPoint presentations about creativity, active learning, motivation, cooperative learning, and more from Curtis J. Bonk, Ph.D..
Being Musical. Being Human. A blog by Robert Woody, Ph.D.
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Videos about Creativity
Eric Maisel, Ph.D., speaks about the creative process.
The Marshmallow Challenge. Tom Wujec describes a group excercise that reveals volumes about our creative habits and collaborative skills.
How great leaders inspire action. A talk by Simon Sinek.
Why students don't learn what we think we teach. Robert Duke proposes ways to foster deeper learning and greater creativity.
Do Schools Kill Creativity? A popular lecture by Sir Ken Robinson on TED.
Edward de Bono, M.D., addresses ways to boost creativity.
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Books about Creativity
Mindset, by Carol Dweck, Ph.D. (Ballantine, 2006). Read "The Growth Mindset" on The Musician's Way Blog.
The Talent Code, by Daniel Coyle (Random House, 2009). Talent Code website.
Creativity, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ph.D. (Harper, 1997). A now-classic text.
The Power of Mindful Learning, by Ellen Langer, Ph.D. (Da Capo Press, 1998).
The Creative Habit, by Twyla Tharp (Schuster, 2003).
The Inner Game of Tennis, by W. Timothy Gallwey (Random House, 1997).
The Inner Game of Music, by Barry Green (Doubleday, 1986).
The Medici Effect, by Frans Johansson (Harvard Business Press, 2006).
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art, by S. Nachmanovitch (Tarcher, 1991).
The Art of Possibility, by Rosamund Zander & Benjamin Zander (Penguin, 2000).
Creativity for Life, by Eric Maisel, Ph.D. (New World Library, 2007).
The Van Gogh Blues by Eric Maisel (New World, 2007). "The creative person's path through depression."
Intelligent Music Teaching, by Robert A. Duke, Ph.D. (2005).
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