Issue N° 2 · 2026
Stories from the edges
of the everyday, told slowly.
A journal of travel mishaps, marketplace chaos and the small human moments that turn into the best stories.
Most Loved
- Travel & Culture
Embracing the Unscripted: A Journey Through Travel Culture Discovery
55 - Arts & Creativity
Debunking the Creative Genius Myth
48 - Travel & Culture
Stepping Into the Crumbling Lighthouse: A Slow‑Travel Tale of Lantern Light and Sea
30 - Arts & Creativity
Morning Ignition: A Bus Driver Turns Routine Into a Musical Journey
30 - Personal Finance
When Payday Meets a Car Breakdown: A Single Mom’s Cash‑Pause Turnaround
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Arts & Creativity
28 stories in this topic
Arts & Creativity
The Myth of the Solo Creator: Rethinking Artistic Genius
Challenging the notion of the solo creator, a new narrative emerges, one that emphasizes collaboration, experimentation, and luck in the creative process, highlighting the importance of creativity, art, expression, and the creative process in human storytelling.
11 min read20Arts & Creativity
The Craftsman's Dilemma: Tradition vs. Intellectual Property
A village craftsman's work sparks a debate about ownership and creativity in the digital age, highlighting the tension between tradition and intellectual property rights, and the importance of creativity, art expression, and the human story in the creative process of making things.
12 min read25Arts & Creativity
Unmaking the Mold: How the Project-Based Approach is Suffocating Creativity
The project-based approach to creativity is stifling artistic expression, prioritizing productivity over experimentation and risk-taking, and neglecting the human story behind the art, highlighting the need for a new perspective on the systems that govern the art world, one that values creativity art expression, and the human story that it tells.
14 min read23Arts & Creativity
Creativity Beyond Privilege
Challenging the notion that creativity is only for the privileged, exploring the true barriers to artistic expression for marginalized communities, and highlighting the importance of creativity, art, expression, and making things in the human story.
10 min read30Arts & Creativity
Creativity Beyond Art: Reuniting Disciplines
Exploring the forgotten history of creativity, from ancient Greece to the Industrial Revolution, to reunite artistic and technical disciplines
23 min read20Arts & Creativity
Erasing Non-Western Creativity in the Art World
Western cultural values dominate the art world, erasing non-Western creative traditions and homogenizing artistic expression.
10 min read28Arts & Creativity
Debunking the Creative Genius Myth
Challenging the notion that creativity is an innate talent, exploring the importance of perseverance and hard work in the creative process, and celebrating the beauty of collaboration and imperfection in the human story of creativity art expression
13 min read48Arts & Creativity
The Creative Crisis: Chasing Virality in a Digital Age
The pressure to produce algorithm-friendly content is taking a toll on artists' mental health and eroding the value of creativity and art.
22 min readArts & Creativity
Reviving Creativity in Education: A Call to Action
75% of educators believe the current system stifles creativity, with kindergarten creativity plummeting from 98% to 3% since the 1960s. It's time to rethink our approach to education and prioritize the creative process, art, and expression.
10 min readArts & Creativity
The Erosion of Human Touch in Creativity
The creative industry's obsession with precision and perfection is eroding the value of human imperfection, threatening the soul of art and design.
22 min readArts & Creativity
Unleashing the Power of Unfettered Creativity
Discover how unfettered creativity can lead to remarkable art, and how current funding structures stifle the creative process, highlighting the importance of creativity, art, expression, the creative process, and making things in the human story.
18 min readArts & Creativity
Cultivating Creativity: The Beauty of Artistic Expression
Discover the power of creativity and artistic expression, and how it can transform your life and the world around you through the creative process and human story.
6 min read
