ENG 1141: Introduction to Creative Writing

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January 29, 2024

Creativity: The Science Behind the Madness – from The Big Think

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/brain-science-of-creativity/

In this video from The Big Think, writers, composers, and scientists discuss the process of creative thinking ask what is special about the human brain that allows us to think creatively and build on ideas. How do we engage “left” and “right” brain activity to work together? What is the “default brain network”?

In the video, actor Ethan Hawke says:

In a way you’re channeling yourself and you’re channeling your own questions and your own seeking, which is deeply connected to your own. We all have it. We all have an essence, a center that is us. We have it the day we’re born and when you can access it then you can access the subconscious and that’s going to be more powerful and more true than anything your intellectual mind has to say.

Article by Jennifer Sears / Creative Habit

Professor Jennifer Sears-Pigliucci

Email: jsears@citytech.cuny.edu
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Note on Materials

The materials on this page are readings and lecture materials for Professor Sears’ ENG 1141 course. If you are my student, see the links on our specific class site for assignments. You will not be expected to read everything listed here, but feel free to scroll around and get inspired!

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