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International Creativity Month is celebrated every January to encourage innovation, new ideas, and stepping out of comfort zones at the start of the year, promoting creativity through activities that help people find inspiration.
We did a little hunting for some interesting articles and videos about inspiration & creativity to get your 2026 started in the right direction – enjoy!
“5 Holiday Challenges to Push Your Creativity“:
The festive season is upon us, and it has a funny way of awakening a kind of bold, playful energy in artists. Maybe it is the twinkly lights, or maybe it is the slower pace that finally gives your imagination room to stretch. Either way, this time of year is perfect for creative challenges that shake things up. Source: Open Call for Artists, Dec 2025
“What Is Creativity? Cultural Icons on What Ideation Is and How It Works“
“Creativity” is one of those grab-bag terms, like “happiness” and “love,” that can mean so many things it runs the risk of meaning nothing at all. And yet some of history’s greatest minds have attempted to capture, explain, describe, itemize, and dissect the nature of creativity. Source: The Marginalian
“The experts: artists on 20 easy, mind-expanding ways to be much more creative“:
Creating art isn’t just a pastime, it is a way of living. But how can you nurture a more artistic existence? Artists share their advice on how to be more creative. Source: The Guardian, Jan 2024
“The Importance of Creativity“:
What is creativity? It’s usually defined in terms of imagination and innovation and especially related to the production of artwork. Yet creativity isn’t necessarily about art per se but is a quality of being artful. It’s about how we make and weave meaning and richness into our days. Source: Psychology Today, Oct 2022
“Harnessing creativity and the Art de Vivre“:
Creativity needs time and space to breathe, to be imperfect and to gently form into a final piece without demanding too much from it. The creatives in the world are those who make sense of the things that most people can’t; they’re the ones who go to the depths that many are unable to reach. Yet, it’s becoming harder and harder for creatives to focus in our busy world. Source: Art de Vivre, Jan 2024
“The Age of Creativity“:
We have been conditioned to think that age is a barrier to creativity. But, in reality, it is ageism that can be stifling. As legions of baby boomers tilt toward their third act, the old artist will become less of an outlier. It’s time to rethink creativity as the realm of the young. Source: The Walrus, April 2020
“The Physics of Imagination“:
What happens when scientists take their cues from storytellers and discover that the universe is stranger than fiction. Source: John Templeton Foundation, Dec 2, 2025
“Give Yourself Permission To Be Creative with Ethan Hawke“:
”Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about poetry… Until their father dies… You lose a child… Somebody breaks your heart… All of sudden you’re desperate for making sense out of this life… And that’s when art’s not a luxury, it’s sustenance… Human creativity is art manifest in us.”
A video rather than article but to really get across why we create music, you need music, right? This is a beautiful collaboration between 15 songwriters and composers celebrating their desire to make music. “I want you to feel what I feel.”
