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Constrained Creativity
An unscientific journal documenting creative breakthroughs in the face of constraints.
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Gordon Parks
Gordon Parks
How a Discarded Magazine Sparked Gordon Parks’ Life of Creativity
Viktor Bezic
Aug 9, 2020
The Highwaymen
The Highwaymen
Constraint Stories: How The Highwaymen Became Artists During the Jim Crow Era
Viktor Bezic
Jul 13, 2020
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin
How a Cracked Sculpture Informed Auguste Rodin’s Artistic Philosophy
Viktor Bezic
Dec 20, 2019
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
How a Financial Misunderstanding Led to Stanley Kubrick’s First Film
Viktor Bezic
Nov 15, 2019
Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami
How A Double Hit At a Baseball Game Convinced Haruki Murakami To Write a Novel
Viktor Bezic
Jul 15, 2019
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
How Yayoi Kusama started on her path to becoming an artist after writing to one of her heroes, Georgia O’Keefe.
Viktor Bezic
Feb 28, 2019
Shirt the Rapper
Shirt the Rapper
How Shirt the Rapper made a fake New York Times article and site to promote his rap album. Inadvertently it paved the way for the high…
Viktor Bezic
Feb 19, 2019
Rei Kawakubo
Rei Kawakubo
How Rei KawakuboBuilt a Fashion Empire Through a Quiet Culture of Making
Viktor Bezic
Jan 27, 2019
Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter made 60 years of photography within a couple block radius of his apartment.
Viktor Bezic
Jan 5, 2019
Chuck Close
Chuck Close
How an artist who can’t recognize faces made a career in art creating paintings of faces.
Viktor Bezic
Dec 30, 2018
Ed Ruscha
Ed Ruscha
It took 12 years for Ed Ruscha to land his first art dealer on the opposite side of the country
Viktor Bezic
Dec 14, 2018
Dustin Yellin
Dustin Yellin
Through an apprenticeship with an eccentric physicist, Dustin Yellin was subjected to experiments with hallucinogenics that lead to his…
Viktor Bezic
Dec 8, 2018
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez
Robert Rodriguez sold his body to science for $7000 to fund his first film that cost him $7000.
Viktor Bezic
Dec 5, 2018
Cab Driver, Mover, Plumber, Composer
Cab Driver, Mover, Plumber, Composer
The Blue Collar Musical Career of Philip Glass
Viktor Bezic
Oct 28, 2018
The Moldenhauer Brothers and Studio MDHR
The Moldenhauer Brothers and Studio MDHR
How The Moldenhauer Brothers Made A Cult Video Game With Zero Experience.
Viktor Bezic
Oct 21, 2018
Maurizio Cattelan
Maurizio Cattelan
How Maurizio Cattelan Used Evasion and Controversy to Break Into the Art World
Viktor Bezic
Aug 11, 2018
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