E17. The Place Where Time Isn't Linear (Stop Bullying Your Creative Self‪)‬ Stepping Off Now: Lessons in the Art and Craft of Creativity

Hold onto your hats, guys, today I'm talking about the connection between theoretical physics and creativity! This is an oddball episode with one overarching theme: we need to stop bullying ourselves (or letting other people bully us) out of trusting our emotional, creative selves. I touch on tapping into the flow state, why creativity is actually easy (it's breaking through the stranglehold of rational thought that's the hard part), and why we need to practice listening, not telling, if we want to live from our creative centers and tap into that energy. Plus, you'll hear a teeny tiny bit about the novel I'm currently working on, and then witness me actually defy time's linear constraints. It's a wild one! In a quiet, nerdy kind of way, of course. This is a follow-on to Episode 10, where I talked about the difference between rational and intuitive/creative cognition.

This episode's accompanying blog post can be found here.

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