This gorgeous video from Andrew David Watson about Michael Seidenberg and the story of how his bookshop (Brazenhead Books) had to move due to the high cost of real estate - not to a cheaper neighbourhood - but into his home is both poignant and inspirational.  Made with tenderness and care, the video highlight's Seidenberg's love of books and the career he has had for most of his life and then asks the question (without asking the question) - what happens when the ... [read more]

I enjoyed this post from Frank Chimero on the difference between collecting and curating.  Frank summarises many responses to his tweeted question Thinking about collecting vs. curating, and how the internet is muddying the line between the two. as Collection is additive. Curation is subtractive. Collecting is for yourself, curating is for others. and expands the thought to I think the thing that separates the two is intent, not in the size of the pool of stuff or in the presence of an audience, but rather ... [read more]

...however much an organization officially celebrates out-of-box thinking, people are going to associate leadership and creativity the way they associate fish and bicycles. So being seen as a fount of innovation can be handicap for a leader. Unless you can trigger a different stereotype, by being exciting and inspiring. Now here's an interesting and somewhat disturbing report from Big Think on how we really think about and value creativity at work.  Drawing from some academic research the post summarises three different ... [read more]

Gleaning business lessons from "The Godfather," painting watercolors in class and using comic books as strategy textbooks—faculty are bringing the arts into business-school classrooms in an effort to push students to think creatively. As B-schools have grown open in recent years to less traditional teaching methods and areas of study, the arts have gained a greater presence in many programs. Some schools are offering courses, concentrations and even specialized arts-management M.B.A.s for students planning careers in creative industries, a sector where ... [read more]

A short video which explores questions about the future of art, both in regard to its aesthetics, production, finance, curation, distribution and collection. via Rhizome     The Future of Art from KS12 on Vimeo.

Culture makes you healthier.  So says a report in today's Irish Times drawing on research from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim As part of the study, Dr Koenraad Cuypers and colleagues from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim divided cultural activities into creative and receptive categories. In creative cultural activities, individuals are actively engaging in a creative process, typically singing, playing an instrument or painting. Receptive cultural activities occur where individuals receive some kind of ... [read more]