Best of 2022: Annie Murphy | The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain
The Unmistakable Creative Podcast
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How Privacy Supports Creativity
The author of a new book says privacy supports creativity. When our work is a performance put on for the benefit of others, we're less likely to try new approaches that might fail or look messy. A lot of creative people have this sort of internal narrative that gets in their way and it can get in their way even when they're working in private. Very intense exercise tends to dial down the prefrontal cortex, which is that part of the brain that judges and analyzes and criticizes. And very intense exercise can dial that down in a way that scientists compare to like a drug trip or or dreaming where ideas can sort of flow more easily.
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