Categoria: Books
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The Marina Abramovic Method
This is the story of an artist looking for a new method of attention. When Lady Gaga wanted to reconnect — with her focus, her body, her being — she turned to Marina Abramovic, the godmother of performance art. And what she discovered wasn’t just a creative…
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Dopo le sette di sera, poesie e sound design
Ho appena chiuso una parentesi sabbatica lunga sei mesi in cui mi sono concessa il “lusso” di tre passioni lasciate per troppo tempo in standby: Sui primi 2 punti penso di aver fatto significativi progressi, sul terzo siamo ancora un bel work in progress ma non mollerò…
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Kairos and Chronos: the different qualities of time
The ancient Greeks had two words to represent time: Kairos and Chronos. And they meant very different things. Chronos refers to the chronological and sequential passage of time, it’s about quantity. It’s like the order of facts when you tell a story. Kairos, on the other hand, is a…
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How a Second Brain Can Enhance Your Creativity
Among all the productivity books I’ve read, Building a Second Brain by Tiago Forte is one of the best. Unlike abstract rulebooks, this one offers a concrete and highly practical method for managing information and working toward personal and professional goals. Tiago, a business consultant, designed his…
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The 5 Best Books Every Creative Should Read in Their 20s
There’s a moment in every creative person’s 20s when you ask yourself: Am I good enough? Is this going anywhere? It’s not about doubting your creativity—it’s about learning how to protect it, nurture it, and actually build something with it. Especially in a world where sustainable creativity isn’t…
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Slow productivity: do less, do it better
Discover how “slow productivity” can transform the way you work and create, according to Cal Newport. A lesson from the Sagrada Familia Last year, nearly five million people visited the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona—a steady rise compared to 2023 and 2022. This basilica, Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece,…
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Scrivere come Fitzgerald con ChatGPT
Da quando ChatGpt è approdato nelle nostre vite, sta prendendo sempre più piede nei nostri testi. Chissà quanto di quello che leggiamo online ogni giorno è ormai realizzato dall’intelligenza artificiale, a volte rimaneggiata altre volte no. Spesso con effetti non dei migliori. Questo vale per…