Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

On this “Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi” page: – a brief bio of  Csikszentmihalyi – recollection of Michelangelo’s work on the Sistine Chapel and link to creativity – Csikszentmihalyi and his theory of creative “flow” –...

John Cleese on creativity

On this “John Cleese on Creativity” page: – a brief bio of Cleese – the script of his Video Arts presentation on creativity – what creativity isn’t – creativity and the open/closed modes – what conditions favor the open...

How to Be Creative

On this “How to be Creative” page: – how the Ancient Greeks and especially Plato gave creativity a bad name – where the idea of “genius” came from (hint:  they were Roman) – the Middle Ages and how being artistic was about...