The Blossoming of Public Goods
Public assets often begin with the hidden creative spark of artists and craftspeople.
Creativity, Risk, and the Limits of Perceived Usefulness
How our bias toward usefulness undermines our confidence in taking risks where it matters most.
Some Enchanted Evenings
How do artists overcome the temptation to give up? The work of Max Beckmann offers a compelling story of moving forward amid turmoil.
Made for Wonder: Why Our Hearts Long for Better Answers than Our Habits Deliver
The information age hasn't satisfied our thirst for wonder. Is our fast answer culture actually dehumanizing us and eroding away the very thing we're seeking?
6 Insightful Reads To Help Make Sense of Our Culture and Historical Moment
Below you'll find a selection of the most thought-provoking books I've read this
year—each of which are helpful in understanding some particular aspect of
current political disfunction, racial divides, religious liberty debates, and
global movements for social justice. This list is a mix of historical,
Start With Joy
Do you ever stop before you’ve even started? Does your inner-critic convince you that anything you’d create would be dumb, irrelevant, outdated, overdone, or better left undone altogether?
