• Why perfectionism is killing your creativity

    Why perfectionism is killing your creativity

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    Creativity is not a state of achieved perfection; it’s a willingness to dialogue with chaos, to dance on the edges of the abyss of “I don’t know”. When I was 11 years old, I wrote a poem about Brazilian folklore legends for a Portuguese class. When it was time to hand out the assignments, my…

  • Does Pain Make Great Art? Challenging the Starving Artist Trope

    Does Pain Make Great Art? Challenging the Starving Artist Trope

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    We’ve all heard the stories—Van Gogh cutting off his ear, Sylvia Plath’s tragic end, the countless artists who struggled with hardships and emotional disturbances which led them to create timeless masterpieces. The stereotype that suffering fuels creativity has been around for centuries. But is it really true, or just another harmful romanticized myth? The Problem with the…

  • When art meets nature: Monet’s contribution to Impressionism Movement

    When art meets nature: Monet’s contribution to Impressionism Movement

    Woman with Parasol, Monet (1875) The Life of Impressionism’s Master Claude Monet, born in 1840, was a French painter who became one of the most significant figures of the Impressionist movement. His childhood was relatively simple; growing up next to the port of Le Havre in Normandy, he was passionate about being an artist from…