In this case, I have read his book already, ha ha, so I am not risking the addition of another book to my reading list by watching this one. The book I read is The Runaway Species: How human creativity remakes the world with Anthony Brandt as his coauthor, and I really enjoyed it, so it was fun to see what an enthusiastic and exciting speaker Eagleman is in person. Of course, I also had to check and see what other books he has published... and he has a lot of them! He has even written fiction. Oh no... his book Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives looks really cool! Oh nooooo... I have bought the Kindle. This extra credit business can be dangerous... but I'm going to Austin soon, so that will give me some reading time on the plane anyway. :-)
This video exactly captures how I feel when I come across yet another Buzzfeed/Facebook "Embrace/unleash creativity" article. I think every person handles the creative urge differently, and I can't equate that with something as basic as hunger. "Get hungry, eat food." Feel creative... not such an easy answer sometimes!
ReplyDeleteI think my next growth mindset post will try to incorporate a little research into what elements in my life come together for a perfect creative session. There's a lot of factors that influence whether or not I can actually sit down and write a story.