David Gauntlett
@davidgauntlett
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Canada Research Chair in Creative Innovation at Toronto Metropolitan University. Author of 'Making is Connecting', 'Creativity', etc. https://t.co/dPOn7JRLlC
Toronto, Ontario
Joined March 2009
Just to say - I'm not using Twitter any more, for the obvious reasons. After 16 years (!!). But do find me over on Instagram, which also has significant 'issues' of course but is, at least, usually much more positive and/or less awful.
It's nice to make things! Recent releases include 'Creativity' book & audiobook (it's a book about the *doing* of creativity), an EP & two singles (it's electronic music), and two new videos (it's talks about creativity with pictures) - links to all at
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RT @OwenJones84: Gaza is a 'textbook genocide'. This is according to Raz Segal - an Israeli associate professor of Holocaust and genocide….
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RT @researchTMU: Congrats to @ArtMBlake and the whole @DimensionsTMU team on receiving a Dimensions Recognition for their work to strategic….
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RT @politybooks: Attending #iamcr2023? Browse our 2023 media & communication studies catalogue! #iamcr23 @IAMCRtweets @sbanetweiser @kat_hi….
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RT @the_studioTO: We are celebrating entrepreneurship and creativity for two weeks at our annual summer camp for adults, beginning today.….
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RT @the_studioTO: One of the most important and clear ways to stand out is having a great portfolio. @thecreativeschl students are getting….
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I’m on a poster 😳 next to the bell hooks poster 😊.
Attending Open Event at @Truro_Penwith Penzance campus with youngest daughter. In A-level Film Studies classroom who should be on the wall but my former colleague, @davidgauntlett.
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Give kids opportunities to create.
Your PhD thesis in five words. Go!.
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It's nice to make things! Recent releases include 'Creativity' book & audiobook (it's a book about the *doing* of creativity), an EP & two singles (it's electronic music), and two new videos (it's talks about creativity with pictures) - links to all at
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RT @mikegalsworthy: Watching Zoe Gardner calmly demolish Jonathan Gullis’s cliche question on UK asylum seekers is a thing of beauty. https….
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New on YouTube: The full HD video of my "Creativity Is A Thing That You Do" event, with talk, music, and ideas for anyone who wants to unlock their creativity:
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RT @researchTMU: Did the #COVID19 pandemic kill #creativity or fuel it?.@thecreativeschl professors @davidgauntlett and @DrCherylT share th….
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RT @_CreativeEd: No, COVID didn't kill #creativity. In fact, the pandemic may have made us even MORE #creative. More from @UA_magazine. htt….
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The pandemic became a rare chance for academic creatives to witness the power of imagination and why it matters.
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It's my birthday 🎂 🥳 so I'm releasing a live version of 'October', recorded at HQ, Toronto, at my 'Creativity' book launch event on 8 Dec 2022...Available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all streaming services: #creativity #newmusic @thecreativeschl
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Here’s a thread about thinking of your creative things as a ‘body of work’. It says “Worry less about the tiny details of individual items. The body of work is a thing to be proud of.”.
New blog post: Thinking about your creative things as a 'body of work' can make a big difference: . (or, the edited highlights appear in the thread below):
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Making things and sharing them doesn’t have to be about big hits: it can be just as powerful when it’s something small, shared with a few people you love. Collectively, it adds up. Worry less about the tiny details of individual items. The body of work is a thing to be proud of.
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But if we are thinking about adding to your *body of work*, that's a whole collection of interesting things. It takes the pressure off, because now you’re making one more interesting thing among many, rather than stressing about it being your best thing ever. >>.
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When you are making something new – whether it is music, a painting, a poem, or whatever – you are concerned with every little detail, and you want to make it the best that you can. Of *course*. You make it with love and care, and you want it to be an incredible single thing. >>.
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New blog post: Thinking about your creative things as a 'body of work' can make a big difference: . (or, the edited highlights appear in the thread below):
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