Friday, November 18, 2011

The benefits of a wandering mind...

NPR takes a look at creativity and the benefits of a wandering mind as discussed in two upcoming books:
  • Toby Lether's Da Vinci's Ghost, The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Drawing(Free Press, 2012);
  • And Jonah Lehrer's book called (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012)
Minds that break free, that are compelled to wander, can sometimes achieve more than those of us who are more inhibited, more orderly,

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonder what we do to our society's collective creativity by drugging all the kids with ADHD to help them "focus" better in school?

CC Wray said...

excellent!

Angela Lexmond said...

What she said.

Christina Wray said...

well said!

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