Can creativity be malign? Or is it always just... creativity? In this episode we're looking at what researchers call "dark creativity," or the use of creative tools to gain an unfair advantage over another person. And yes: We have thoughts. Also: Con artists, hammers, work snacks, spoon-bending, Bond villains, Stevie Wonder Wednesday and the trouble with ponds.
Style is the beautiful face we put on what we do. It goes hand in hand with technique, but the way they inflect each...
It's one of the paradoxes of creative life: the longer you do it, the more tools you acquire, the more it becomes the goal...
This week we're looking at the role of rules in creativity -- when to follow them, and when to blow them up with dynamite...