In a new study, researchers propose that the mind creates an opinion of an artwork after dissecting it into discrete elements.
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The Fascinating Physics of Jackson Pollock’s “Drip” Paintings
Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico and Brown University studied the defining characteristics of Pollock’s techniques, which may help authenticate his action paintings.
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Icelandic Scientists Find Link Between Creativity and Mental Disorders
There’s something strangely attractive about the stereotype of the crazy artist.
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Can a Vacation Really Make You More Creative?
Last week, we all got a little jealous when we heard that the creative agency ThinkPARALLAX gave its employees $1,500 each and an extra day off to travel the world in search of inspiration. “As owners of a creative agency, we’re always thinking about how to inspire creativity,” a blog post by the firm’s founders read. “Rather than send employees to conferences or a local museum, we thought, what if our whole team is ‘forced’ to travel to a place they’ve never been, to immerse themselves in a new culture and gather inspiration?”
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Is Creativity Linked to Mobility?
“Human nature will not flourish, any more than a potato, if it be planted and replanted, for too long a series of generations, in the same worn-out soil,” American author Nathaniel Hawthorne once wrote.
