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Rick Rubin: How to Access Your Creativity

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We Confabulate From Birth Until Death

We create a story that explains what just happened. We confabulate from birth until death. People with memory deficits will come up with incredible stories, sometimes interesting stories that have no bearing on reality. Salman Rushdie said we are the storytelling species. The Mantis shrimp sees 67 shades of red for everyone that we see. Red Hot Chili Peppers don't have access to things we know but who knows, maybe they're down there.

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