Annie Murphy Paul
@anniemurphypaul
Writer, thinker. Author of 'The Extended Mind'; also 'Origins' and 'The Cult of Personality.' Now writing the Science of Creativity newsletter.
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https://anniemurphypaul.substack.com/ 17-01-2010 15:20:47
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Reading Annie Murphy Paul's section on Thinking With Movement hits like a revelation. The institutional preference for stationary learning & work is not rooted in how humans learn & work: 'Activity-permissive settings are still the exception...but we ought to make them the rule.'
Psychologist and teen whisperer Lisa Damour Lisa Damour, PhD is so brilliant and so wise and so humane.
nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opi…
On last week's episode of the pod, Annie Murphy Paul and I talked anything and everything creativity, including how it is an expression of aliveness and being human and it's connection to curiosity and learning regardless of our age.
For more, listen here: strongskills.co/podcast-feed/m…
Had a great time chatting with acclaimed science writer Annie Murphy Paul on today's episode of the Intentional Performers Podcast! Tune in to hear us riff on happiness, curiosity, the connection between learning and creativity, and more.
Full Episode: strongskills.co/podcast-feed/m…
“We extend beyond our limits, not by revving our brains like a machine or bulking them up like a muscle—but by strewing our world with rich materials, and by weaving them into our thoughts.” Annie Murphy Paul in The Extended Mind Annie Murphy Paul
Artist Franz Kline painted so prolifically that he used the pages of telephone books as his canvases—and he could go through a whole telephone book in a single night.
He was deeply exploring a restricted idea space—an important path to creativity:
anniemurphypaul.substack.com/p/the-benefits…
We're all familiar with the insight model of creativity. An idea comes to us, apparently effortlessly, often while we’re not even working—we might be taking a shower or going for a walk.
But there's another path to creativity—one involving persistence.
anniemurphypaul.substack.com/p/the-benefits…