This is a painting by a woman who, as a 53-year-old scientist, experienced onset of a rare brain disease that decimated her scientific memory and abilities while triggering a torrent of creative activity.
She later adapted Ravel's Bolero into a series of visual works, and oddly enough it turns out the composer had suffered from the same disease.
I've known for some time, from my own pathetic experience, that linear and creative thinking compete for air time in my head, and that linear thinking usually wins. The creative part is way harder to boot up and keep online, but it's every bit as legitimate and lucid once it takes hold. What's going on in our brains? Does anybody out there know?
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check out the book, The brain that changes itself. It's full of great info.
Speaking of amazing brain stories, check out Harvard Brain Researcher, Jill Bolte Taylor at TED
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/229
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