Legendary Artist Sheila Hicks, at 92, on the Secret to Creative Vitality

Kafka’s Approach to Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their Gifts

Is the Twenty-First Century a Creative Void?

Georgia O’Keeffe on What It Means to Be an Artist

Open Thread

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Reflecting Pool Debacle Is a Shorthand for Trump's Failing Second Term

The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’

Why are humanists so bad at defending the humanities? There is a more persuasive case, and it’s been ignored

Summer 2026 recommended reading from MIT

New Essay: Obergefell's Second Decade

The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory'

David Hockney (1937 – 2026) Artist

Secret Emails Reveal Sketchy Tactics in California Public Health's Tobacco Ban 'Endgame'

Wilderness, Solitude, and Creativity: Artist and Philosopher Rockwell Kent’s Century-Old Meditations on Art and Life During Seven Months on a Small Alaskan Island

Why U.K. Socialism Could Soon Be America's Problem

Anthropic Co-Founder: 'The Most Powerful Technology Ever Built'

Oscar Wilde said there is only good art and bad art — the artist's morality is beside the point. But it's not that simple 

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Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents

The Odyssey has survived three millennia. Can it survive a $250 million movie adaptation?