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http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/30/nick-cave-influences/

by Maria Popova What Dostoevsky has to do with the hunchback of Notre Dame, Muhammad Ali, and dandelions. As a firm believer in combinatorial creativity , I’m always interested in the ecosystem of influences and how we honor those who inspire us .

Why Creativity Necessitates Eclecticism: Nick Cave's Influences

by Maria Popova Why creativity is like LEGO, or what Richard Dawkins has to do with Susan Sontag and Gandhi. In May, I had the pleasure of speaking at the wonderful Creative Mornings free lecture series masterminded by my studiomate Tina of Swiss Miss fame.

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/08/01/networked-knowledge-combinatorial-creativity/

Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/25/the-art-of-scientific-investigation-1/

by Maria Popova “To be perfectly original one should think much and read little, and this is impossible, for one must have read before one has learnt to think.” What a magical Rube Goldberg machine of discovery literature is — the original “inter-net,” if you will, with the allusions, citations, and references in one work opening doors to countless others.