The Habits That Harness Creativity

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 7, 2016

What do highly creative people have in common? The psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman and Huffington Post senior writer Carolyn Gregoire take us inside the “messy minds” of brilliant creatives. Their book Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind, dives into the minds of Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Marcel Proust, David Foster Wallace, Thomas Edison, and others, and reveals ten habits that promote everyday creativity.

Event: Carolyn Gregoire and Scott Barry Kaufman will be speaking and signing books at Powerhouse Arena, (37 Main Street, Brooklyn) January 21 at 7:00 p.m.

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