“Your ability to move your attention flexibly, which is called switching, is quite limited,” he said.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Pennebaker saw that those using expressive writing around trauma had far fewer visits to the campus health center than those who wrote trivial stories.”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“Drawing “is tapping into a very old part of ourselves and moving us into the emotional and intuitive parts of the brain,”
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
― Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
“The marketplace doesn't care about your personal interest in slowing down. If you want more control over your schedule, you need something to offer in return. More often than not, your best source of leverage will be your own abilities.”
― Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
― Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
“Leonardo knew that the best way to look at something analytically is to draw it. Water fascinated him, so he drew”
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
― The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper
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