The link between Einstein and Coltrane I started this series of essays on creativity with some thoughts inspired by Quincy Jones’ book “12 Notes: On Life and Creativity.” In the introduction Quincey Jones says the number 12 has always had a special meaning in his life. His former music teacher explained that every musician from […]
Are wealth creators creative people in the same way as artists or writers? When I was writing this series of essays on creativity I read the novel “Trust” by Hernan Diaz. It’s set in 1920’s New York and it’s all about creating wealth. I’ve been thinking about all kinds of creativity for these essays but […]
Can you prepare to be lucky? This photo is a result of pure luck. It’s the shadow of a wooden artists figure and a paper hole punch which were on the windowsill of my office. I noticed that the shadow they’d created on the wall made it look like the figure was trying to balance […]
(Image: Reading at a table. Oil on Canvas, Picasso 1934) Reading is the thing I’ve always preferred over any other occupation and often with a sense of guilt, so it was a delight to read that Ursula K. Le Guin in her book “The Wave in the Mind” believes that reading is art! Le Guin […]
Lots of people say they’re not creative – but they are! Rick Rubin’s book “The Creative Act — A Way of Being” has many contradictions but the thing I like most about it is the assertion that “We are all creative” and that creativity is about our relationship to the world. Two unusual examples of […]