{"id":15327,"date":"2011-01-13T20:29:19","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T18:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=15327"},"modified":"2015-04-08T04:59:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T02:59:42","slug":"creative-types-embrace-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=15327","title":{"rendered":"Creative Types: Embrace Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1&#038;isUI=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=746517955001&#038;playerID=651017566001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAGuNzXFE~,qu1BWJRU7c26MMkbB19ukwmFB5ysvYz5&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Gladwell  argues that  embracing intellectual messiness goes against our instincts and training as educated people, but writers and artists should accept and understand it as crucial to the creative process.  Via bigthink  &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/lenkendall.posterous.com\/creative-types-embrace-chaos-malcolm-gladwell\">Len Kendall<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malcolm Gladwell argues that embracing intellectual messiness goes against our instincts and training as educated people, but writers and artists should accept and understand it as crucial to the creative process. 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