Author Matt Richtel says most of us are creative … even if you think you’re not!
Inspired: Understanding Creativity– A Journey Through Art, Science and the Soul with Matt Richtel
Creativity sparks innovation in art, science, technology, business, sports, and life in general. But the origins of inspiration have long remained a mystery. Until now.
A talented narrative storyteller, Matt Richtel explores elements that ignite creativity in his book Inspired: Understanding Creativity – A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul.
Matt shares the authentic nature of creativity, its biological and evolutionary origins, its deep connection to spirituality, and the way it bubbles in each of us waiting to be released.
Today, we discuss: Matt’s challenges with the great muse, and how he managed them. Traits of successful creators. Conditions where creativity thrives. How we can get out of our own way, and move past creative blocks. And more.
Meet Matt Richtel
Matt Richtel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist, bestselling author, and novelist based in San Francisco, known for exploring the impact of technology on human behavior and health. He won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series on distracted driving. Richtel combines technical expertise and science reporting, with narrative storytelling in both his non-fiction and thriller novels.
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Cooking with the Muse: A Sumptuous Gathering of Seasonal Recipes, Culinary Poetry, and Literary Fareis a cookbook for all book lovers and lovers of food. This cook’s literary book is also a book lover’s cookbook. It is full of seasonal recipes, related poems and lore about food, commentaries on poems, delectable historical and linguistic information, and musings that celebrate the pleasures of life. Myra Kornfeld and Stephen Massimillaemphasize the richness and abundance of foods and words with which we can nourish our bodies, our senses, our hearts, and our minds. Myra is a chef, educator, and the author of three previous cookbooks who teaches traditional food workshops and ethnic cooking classes at the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City. Stephen is a poet, scholar, professor, and painter whose work has appeared in hundreds of publications and he has been interviewed on public radio and television, presented papers at numerous conferences, and performed his work at many venues, including Carnegie Hall.
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