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I thought this radio “article” about the similarities between how the brains of very creative/genius people and those with some mental illnesses work very interesting. There was much discussion about “latent inhibition” a process which allows us to filter all the stimuli that we’re all surrounded with every day. Having a low level of latent inhibition is a common pattern in both very creative and intelligent people and also people with schizophrenia.

I thought it was very interesting especially the description of when a person is “in the zone” or “in the flow moment” — they are extremely focused WHILE being very aware of everything around them and able to take it all in and allow it to feed their creative process. This ability of being focused while keeping everything at your fingertips is a sort of sweet spot for the creative person. You can focus on one thing while keeping awareness of the whole picture.