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Your mind needs chaos

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Embrace the Edge of Chaos

Creativity in art, particularly provocative expressions, serves as a powerful tool for re-evaluating our identities and perceptions. Engaging with diverse artistic experiences expands our ways of interacting with the world, acting as a safeguard against complacency and narrow thinking. Art jolts us from routine perspectives, providing critical opportunities to assess the efficacy of our mental models and beliefs. This injection of uncertainty into our experiences encourages us to explore the limits of our understanding, which aligns with the notion that our brains are wired to seek the boundaries of informational chaos, where traditional predictive frameworks may falter.

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