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Creativity

Where does creativity come from? How can you nurture your own? Watch TED Talks from creative people like Steve Jobs, architect Frank Gehry, designer Philippe Starck, writer Elizabeth Gilbert and more.

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Talks that celebrate the boundless creativity of an open mind

Where do extraordinary ideas come from? Explore these talks from Canada that celebrate the boundless inspiration, innovation and creativity that blossom in a culture as open as its landscape. (Curated in partnership with Destination Canada)

The power of film

12 visionary creators and curators -- from Hollywood, Bollywood and Nollywood -- talk about how to make movie magic.

Extraordinary, larger-than-life art

These artists translate imagination and poignant worldviews into monumental, magnificent pieces of art.

TED Talks to inspire you to make art

Ignite your inner creative with these mesmerizing, colorful and sometimes-curious talks about the world of art (and the artists who make it).

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Talks about Creativity

Photographing nature beyond the limits of human perception

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

How rest can make you better at your job

Tavares Strachan

The Encyclopedia of Invisibility — a home for lost stories

Jordan Dinwiddie

10 lessons I learned from being a nerd

K Allado-McDowell

Our creative relationship with AI is just beginning

The AI-powered tools supercharging your imagination

How AI art could enhance humanity's collective memory

Ersin Han Ersin

What's it like to be a giant sequoia tree?

Eileen Isagon Skyers

In the age of AI art, what can originality look like?

The magic of a creative career

Why I built my own time machine

The power of an image — and the mind behind it

How to unleash your inner maximalist through costume

Lonneke Gordijn

Nature, art and magical blocks of flying concrete

The timeless, ancient language of art

Keenan Scott II

How poetry unlocked my superpowers

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Exclusive articles about Creativity

11 book and music recommendations that will ignite your imagination

Want to get your creative juices flowing? Filmmaker and writer Wanuri Kahiu and sci-fi author Charlie Jane Anders know more than a thing or two about finding inspiration -- and they've curated this list of recommendations to fire you up.

Posted Dec 2022

Here’s why we long for that perfect love to arrive — even when we’re happily coupled

If you secretly wonder if your soulmate is out there -- even though you're in a great relationship -- we have news: There's nothing wrong with you. Author Susan Cain explains what this longing reveals about us and about being human.

Posted Apr 2022

3 science-based strategies to increase your creativity

These three unexpected things can help fuel your creativity: A good mood, some quiet time that's all your own, and limits. Learn why, from performance expert Steven Kotler.

Posted Jan 2021

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