London Writers' Salon #175: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross — Your Brain on Art: Neuroaesthetics, Wellbeing, and Creative Practice, plus Finding Your Voice, Tapping Into Intuition
Neuroaesthetics researcher Susan Magsamen and Google design leader Ivy Ross on creativity as a biological necessity, intuition, and the aesthetic mindset for a good life.
You'll learn:
- Habits that Susan and Ivy turn to when they need to re-centre.
- What Susan and Ivy are trying to change in the world with their day jobs.
- The beginning of Susan and Ivy working together.
- Clear evidence that proved to Susan and Ivy that their work was needed.
- Advice for using your intuition to be more creative.
- How a writer might find their voice.
- Questions to ask yourself if you’re writing a similar book to Your Brain on Art.
- Principles that Susan and Ivy use to help them live a good life.
- The link between nature and neuroaesthetics.
- The transforming power of journaling.
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About Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross
Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is a faculty member, and she co-directs the NeuroArts Blueprint. Ivy Ross is Vice President of Design for hardware product area at Google, leading an award-winning team, and is also an arts grant recipient and recognised creative leader.
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