A library for people who make things.
Every creative discipline teaches craft. None of them teach thinking. One model a week closes that gap: a real person, a concrete moment, the rule, and the first move for tomorrow. Free.
Start with these three.
Three Beginner models, about half an hour in total. Each one changes a decision you will make this week.
First Principles Thinking
Wilbur Wright stood in a bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, twisting a cardboard box. 8 min readEisenhower Matrix
Charles Dickens sat at his desk in Devonshire Terrace on an October evening in 1843, reading sales figures for a novel that was bleeding readers. 8 min readFour Stages of Creativity
Henri Poincaré stepped onto an omnibus at Coutances in 1880. 8 min readRecent entries
Gestalt Principles
Henri Matisse spent his final decade confined to a wheelchair, scissors in hand, cutting colored paper.
Survivorship Bias
In 1943, American bombers were getting shredded over Germany.
Luck Surface Area
Jean-Michel Basquiat had just killed his graffiti persona.
Four Stages of Creativity
Henri Poincaré stepped onto an omnibus at Coutances in 1880.
Eisenhower Matrix
Charles Dickens sat at his desk in Devonshire Terrace on an October evening in 1843, reading sales figures for a novel that was bleeding readers.
Second-Order Thinking
“A runt will not play Michael.”
165 thinking frameworks for creatives.
The cognitive architecture behind every creative career that works. 800+ pages of decision-making tools adapted for artists, writers, designers, and musicians.