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We're often taught that mistakes in art are to be avoided. Even kids are brought up to be perfectionists: to scrub it out and start again if their artwork doesn't go the way they planned. Of course, ...

Summary Brain exercises can be as simple as actively engaging the brain in everyday tasks. Others are targeted workouts for the brain, specifically designed to enhance memory, cognition, or creativity ...

In times of duress, it can feel like we’ve hit a wall when it comes to creativity and innovation. In fact, studies have shown that our brains diminish in performance and problem-solving capacity when ...

Just as sports or workouts exercise the body, creating art exercises the imagination and is essential to mental as well as physical well-being. Painting instructor/artist Bob Ross jubilantly holding ...

You've probably had some of your best ideas in the shower. Why not at work? "We're paid to have our best ideas at work, but we never do, do we?" says Duncan Wardle, former head of innovation and ...

Trainees learn ways to integrate yoga and creativity. Exercise bores you. Running to shed pounds? Snooze. Aerobics dancercise to jazz you into fitness? Uh, no. A Treadmill evening in front of a tv ...

A creative life might not be easy, but author Martha Beck believes it can pare and perhaps eliminate anxiety. Even creative pursuits like gardening, cooking and knitting can calm an overactive brain. ...