Creativity
How to Find the Hidden Beauty in Everyday Things
Artist Maira Kalman reveals how she stumbles on hidden beauty in stuff you probably wouldn’t give a second glance. Read More 
Creativity
Mindfulness and creativity feed each other. When you quiet the mental noise, new ideas have room to surface. Explore how meditation and present-moment awareness can unlock creative flow in writing, art, music, and problem-solving.
Creativity
The Mindful Survey: Creativity
What do the Smurfs, horses, and coding
have in common? Find out in our latest
reader survey. Read More
Creativity
Play, SoulPancake, and Building Your Anti-Depressant Brain
When it comes to happiness, says Elisha Goldstein, there's a simple but important tool we often forget about: play. Read More
Creativity
Why Music Strikes a Chord
Music has the power to enable the recall of incredibly vivid memories from the corners of our mind. Read More
Creativity
Everyday Mindfulness Techniques: Mindful Photography
Are we remembering less as we take more photographs? Here are three simple ways to take more mindful photos with your phone. Read More
Creativity
The Tango Lesson
It’s a dance that captures the seductive imagination, but as Tracy Picha discovers, there’s much more than meets the eye. Read More
Creativity
Collisions of Creativity
The capacity to generate original ideas is, arguably, the most important cognitive trait that human beings possess. No wonder more neuroscientists and psychologists are working to understand it better. Read More
Creativity
Glimpse: 3 Popular Misconceptions of Creativity
In February, Mindful’s Mind/Body column looks at new research refuting some big ideas we have about the “aha” moment. Read More
Creativity
Three Ways to Take Better Pictures
Are you a trigger-happy photographer? Stop! Don’t shoot. Try these three tips first. Read More
Creativity
How Photography Can Be a Mindful Practice
Looking at the world through the lens on your iPhone? Here are three ways to take better pictures, but more importantly, take a moment to really see what’s in front of you. Read More
