Creative Insights

Curiosity isn’t singular. It’s a diverse ecosystem of drives — from epistemic and perceptual to morbid and transformational. This article explores the main types identified in research and how each fuels creativity in unique ways. From octopuses to poets, curiosity is what makes minds move. Discover your own mix — and how it might lead you to create.

This article explores how the adult role in play has evolved—from supervising to accompanying. Through shared play, families strengthen bonds, support emotional development and expand creativity. It includes three simple games designed to foster connection, communication and creative growth through presence and shared enjoyment.

TRIZ is a powerful problem-solving framework based on one idea: most problems have already been solved in other domains. By identifying contradictions and transferring proven principles across fields, TRIZ turns innovation into structured creativity. For creatives, it offers a way to go beyond intuition, unlocking new solutions through intelligent cross-domain thinking.

When conflict arises at home, creative play can shift everything. This article explores how creativity, listening and play help families de-escalate tension, externalize problems and restore connection. Through three simple games, we show how to move from “you versus me” to “us facing the problem together”.

Universe 25 was an experiment with mice that revealed how societies can collapse without scarcity, purely through social saturation. This article connects that collapse to human creativity: when symbolic margins disappear, action loses meaning and creativity fades. A cultural warning for societies overloaded with stimuli, expectations, and constant relational density.