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JULY 17, 2022

Welcome to Episode 2 of the CREATIVE DISRUPTION season of The 21st Century Creative, where we are hearing stories of creatives around the world who came up with a creative response to the challenges of the pandemic. This week we are off to South Africa, to hear from Earl Abrahams, an artist and filmmaker who […].

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

Albert Einstein) Are you attempting to unleash creativity through familiar, comfortable pathways? If so you’re only human – but remember that creativity thrives on novelty. The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

Image by watercolors08 Far above the streets of Paris, scattered across the rooftops, parapets and pinnacles of Notre Dame Cathedral, is a collection of monuments to perfectionism. These are the gargoyles, sacred figures, finials and other sculpted details that constitute the icing on the cake of this magnificent building.

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JUNE 28, 2010

Passion is an unlikely breeding ground for a creative block. The post Why Passion Beats Perfection appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Passion takes inspiration and turns it into something you’re proud of. Passion motivates you in the morning and fires you up when you are immersed in your work.

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JULY 26, 2010

Image by digicla This article is part two in Cynthia’s series on making feedback a positive and empowering part of the creative process, following on from How to Ask for Feedback (without it Blowing up in Your Face). The post How to Deal with Stinging Criticism appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

As you read these words, your brain is being changed. Every day, as you surf the internet, clicking on hyperlinks, opening new tabs and windows, flicking between e-mail, Twitter, Facebook and whatever it was you were reading just now, your patterns of thought are changing.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

Here’s a creative thought experiment for you: Go to this page on the official Orbital website, scroll down and hit ‘play’ on the track ‘Halcyon + on + on’ Listen to the music before you read the rest of this article. Once you’ve listened to it, stop and consider each of the questions in turn […].

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

We creatives love to think of ourselves as revolutionaries and rule-breakers, thinking outside the box, breaking free of convention and plucking inspiration out of thin air. Formulas, rules and templates are for scientists, bean counters and corporate drones.

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OCTOBER 22, 2015

Kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa XI in action, from Ebizo’s YouTube channel Last Christmas I visited the Kabuki-za theater in Tokyo to experience kabuki—one of Japan’s traditional forms of drama, dating back to 1603.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

After 18 months, four drafts and countless cups of coffee, my new book Motivation for Creative People is finally complete. You can pick up the ebook edition from Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Google Play and Smashwords. There’s also a paperback edition, beautifully designed and illustrated by the wonderful Irene Hoffman.

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JUNE 5, 2017

This week’s guest on the 21st Century Creative Podcast is Steven Pressfield, author of the creativity classic The War of Art and a string of other bestselling fiction and nonfiction books.

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JULY 2, 2018

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Mimi Khalvati, one of the foremost poets currently writing in the UK. The post Poetry as Discovery with Mimi Khalvati appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Mimi was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up on the Isle of Wight in England.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Today I publish my new book, 21 Insights for 21st Century Creatives. It’s a compilation of the most powerful insights that have emerged from my coaching conversations with creative professionals over the past two decades, and also from my own practice […]. You can pick it up from the usual bookstores.

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DECEMBER 23, 2018

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is Tyler Hobbs, a artist who creates stunning images by writing a computer program to generate each new artwork. The post Tyler Hobbs: an Artist Who Paints with Code appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. It […].

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The post An Easy Way out of Writer’s Block appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. Have you ever got yourself tied up in knots while working on an important piece of writing? You spend ages staring at the screen, writing, deleting and rewriting, over and over again. In my experience, this tends to happen when […].

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Just about every creative I’ve ever coached has had a very sharp and active Inner Critic. If you find yourself resisting this idea, maybe because you know what it’s like to suffer with an over-active Inner Critic, then pause for a moment and consider all the mediocre […]. And you know what? That’s a good thing.

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JULY 17, 2019

The post Question Everything, But Don’t Forget to Listen to the Answers appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach. When I was young, I questioned everything: Why does it get dark at night? Where does the sun go? Why do I have to go to bed? Why can’t I be a dinosaur? Why do I have to go to school? What’s […].

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JULY 31, 2019

Well, do you? I’m asking because I’m guessing you probably don’t. And that therefore you could probably benefit from establishing a Credit Practice in your life. Now you may have heard of a Gratitude Practice – this is where you set aside a little time every day to remember all the good things you have […].

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AUGUST 4, 2019

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Erik Bork – a screenwriter, producer, script consultant and coach who has won two Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for his work on the HBO series Band of Brothers and From the Earth to the Moon. For each series he wrote multiple episodes and was […].

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JUNE 28, 2020

This week’s guest on The 21st Century Creative podcast is the eminent Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, who takes us on a voyage through the weird and wonderful world of artificial intelligence (AI) and creativity, drawing on insights from his latest book The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning to Write, Paint and Think (Amazon US […].

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AUGUST 9, 2020

Today’s guest on The 21st Century Creative is Cynthia Morris, a coach for creatives who shares insights on the book-writing process, based on her latest book The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book. The post Writing a World-Changing Book with Cynthia Morris appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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AUGUST 19, 2020

A lot of productivity advice tells us that we need to stop procrastinating, beat Resistance, and get things done. The Americans like to talk about ‘shipping’, meaning finished and sent out for delivery. This emphasis on getting things done and out to market is part of their extraordinary entrepreneurial culture.

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JANUARY 5, 2010

If you believe you’re “Just not the creative type”, there’s no point even trying to think or act creatively. This is one of the biggest and most debilitating creative blocks of all. You’d just be setting yourself up for failure.

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MARCH 15, 2010

If you have a creative block you’d like some help with, tell us about it – details in the first article in the series. NOTE FROM MARK: I was about to start writing about the Inner Critic last week, when Marelisa Fábrega sent in this excellent piece, which is a perfect fit for this series. […].

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Have you ever started work on a big creative project and found yourself paralysed by listening to the voice of your Inner Critic, giving you all the reasons you should give up? Who do you think you are? The post Get the Inner Critic off Your Back with These Two Little Words appeared first on Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

I like to think I wouldn't be fooled by this kind of thing if it landed in my editor's in-tray. Critical Thinking - the Critical Difference? These examples are impressive - but are the computers really being creative? As far as I know, no computer would stop to think whether it was really being creative.

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JANUARY 26, 2009

Lack of critical filters. Brainstorming is said to work because critical thinking is banned, allowing for a freer flow of original ideas. According to the researchers, it's more effective to ask team members to generate ideas individually or in pairs before a group meeting at which ideas are shared and compared.

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