Is There a Convergence Between the Artist and the Artist?

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"I want to feel, I hope that there is a conduit between me and the songwriter. And this was part of what this person was experiencing," he says. "The end result of it, what came out on the canvas is almost not even worth our attention as far as like, 'Oh my God' It's very psychologically similar to the difference between feeling and then the rationalization of the feeling."

In this episode we sit down with psychologist Dacher Keltner, one of the world’s leading experts on the science of emotion, the man Pixar hired to help them write Inside Out. In his new book – Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life – he outlines his years of work in this field, the health benefits of awe, the evolutionary origins and likely functions, and how to better pursue more awe and wonder in your own life.