“To be human means to be creative.”
Today I finally finished a book I’ve been working on since my Thanksgiving break in Copenhagen: Creativity, Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This book was an absolutely amazing read. Its a study of creativity based on interviews with 91 exceptionally creative and successful people, spanning the fields of science, technology, business, art, and literature. It is one of few books I’ve read that I felt like I could flip right back to the first page and read it all over again right after finishing it. I’d highly reccomend it to anyone who feels like they don’t fit into the typical molds of our society, sees the world slightly differently than most, or aspires to be creative personally or professionally.
I’ll need a new book for my trip to Tasmania tomorrrow, and I’m hoping to pick up a copy of one of these at the airport tomorrow:
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 to the Present by Michael Oren
