What Sparks Creativity?

What Sparks Creativity?

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Human creativity — whether it’s solving a tough problem or writing a novel — is one of our defining traits. It’s also deeply mysterious. Where does that creative spark come from?

Original Air Date: February 09, 2019

Interviews In This Hour:
A Neuroscientist and a Novelist Put Creativity Under a MicroscopeIs This The Price of Genius?Alma Mahler: 'Malevolent Muse' or Early Feminist Composer?Was The Art Worth All The Pain?

Guests:
Heather Berlin, Siri Hustvedt, Jim Holt, Mary Sharrat, Nathaniel Mary Quinn


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