Lateral Action
MAY 18, 2009
I had a sense of déjà vu when I read the recent New York Times article 'Genius: The Modern View' by David Brooks - it echoed so many of the themes we've been discussing here on Lateral Action that I could almost have written it myself: The key factor separating geniuses from the merely accomplished is not a divine spark. It’s not I.Q., a generally bad predictor of success, even in realms like chess.
Lateral Action
MAY 13, 2009
Natasha Wescoat 's vibrant, whimsical contemporary artworks grace over 1,000 private and corporate collections worldwide, and have garnered her a devoted following by collectors of all ages. With a growing demand for her signature style, even television and Hollywood films have requested her work. In Fall 2006, her art was seen on ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
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Lateral Action
MAY 11, 2009
This TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson is one of the most popular videos about creativity on the internet. In it, Robinson argues passionately that as children we are all naturally creative, yet by the time we reach adulthood, our creativity has been 'educated out of us' by the barriers of school, society and corporate business. The talk has evidently touched a chord - as well as being enthusiastically received at TED, the video has been been viewed, downloaded re-posted and discussed countless times
Lateral Action
MAY 6, 2009
Image by Marcie Vargas. I see lots of things that no one else does. Some of them are even really there. I get a lot of my ideas by looking at things and wondering "what isn't it," or "what didn't I see?" For instance, the other day I was out at a friend's studio and noticed a bunch of birds hanging out on a telephone wire, the way they tend to do… And I thought "hmmm… if you could train those birds to sit where you pointed, you could make them be an abacus.".
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Lateral Action
MAY 4, 2009
Image by hyuku. As a child, I remember being shocked to learn that Walt Disney was a person. To me, Disney was a mysterious entity, symbolised by the magical castle that appeared at the start of every film. A cross between fairyland and a faceless corporation. A bit like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. So it was hard to get my head around the idea that all those films were the brainchild of one man.
Lateral Action
MAY 25, 2009
One of the most eye-opening experiences of my life took place one afternoon in Amsterdam, in the summer of 1990. A hundred years after the death of Vincent van Gogh, his paintings had been gathered from collections across the globe, for a specacular Centenary Exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum. Such was the demand for tickets that I had to buy mine two days in advance.
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