380: The Science of Creativity and How It Can Help You
“Creativity doesn’t pay well. But creativity—and here’s the biggest punchline of all this, despite all the studies you’ll see in the book and all the ones we talked about—it is a road to happiness. When you get past that stuff, it is unburdening, it is freeing, it is peace-making, it is authenticity-experiencing, and it just may add something to the world.”
How do you feel fear and be creative anyway? How is letting your mind wander key to coming up with, and following through on, creative ideas? Returning to the show this week is journalist Matt Richtel, winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series on distracted driving, and author of numerous books. His latest book, Inspired: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul, is devoted to a deeper understanding of creativity and he joins us this week to talk about it.
