Doug Eby at The Creative Mind reports on research about the possible association of creativity and mental illness. I want to take a look at the underlying research. I don’t think there are “creative people.” That term is redundant. Furthermore, I tend to question the baseline for determining what “normal” behavior is in a society [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Creativity’
8 (+1) Solid Reasons to Go to Law School
I recently posted a number of bad reasons people decide to go to law school. This post follows up by noting eight solid indicators (plus a qualified ninth) you may make a solid lawyer. 1. You have worked with lawyers or the law closely, and you liked it. Many successful lawyers have worked closely with [...]
Don’t Talk About Doing — Do
We have so many ways of enabling ourselves to avoid doing what we could do with our talent. My favorite is preparing. I can prepare by reading. I can prepare by talking with others. I can prepare by planning, worrying, speculating about the potential reactions of others, fearing failure. At bottom, the only way to [...]
About My Paintings . . . .
A lot of readers who saw my two posts about taking painting lessons (here and here) asked whether I have any examples. Really, I don’t have a lot, since I have been painting only since last year (and have maintained a law practice and numerous other activities at the same time). I had failed to [...]
The Same Old Mind?
I am not a “left-brain, right-brain” fan. I will therefore freely admit that I was prepared to dislike Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind. He predicted why in the early pages of his book: I had assumed that his thesis was that left-brain thinking was no longer useful, and that right-brain thinking would now dominate. [...]
