Imagine...with Jonah Lehrer

Most of us have been conditioned to think that creativity is an innate gift, a privy to an haute club of genius, a talent that only right-brain thinkers are inclined to possess and left-brain thinkers find challenging to conceive. But what if we were told that these are simply inherited misconceptions, that in fact, creativity is a universal gift we can all share when given the proper tools and knowledge to leverage a new way of approaching professional innovation. . .It's all in the brain. .  .well - at least that's what Jonah thoroughly explains in his latest book, Imagine. I recently listened to his NPR interview on the subject and took a few notes. 

I wonder what Jonah would say about my scribbles below...How do I think? 

IMAGES: 
+ My scribbles written while listening to NPR interview embedded above. 
+ Jonah Lehrer info borrowed from the upcoming C2-MTL conference site, here.
+ Image of young Bob Dylan borrowed from unknown source.
+ Image of young Jonah Lehrer borrowed from his website, here. 

Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, Cosmo THIS!

phi·lan·der (/fəˈlandər/) verb: (of a man) Readily or frequently enter into casual sexual relationships with women.

Image above borrowed from ANTI-RECORDS site.

I'm in awe of Glen Hansard, he has this "not yet corrupted by fame" aura about him that's very appealing. I recently stumbled upon the video promoting his upcoming solo album, "Rythm and Repose". . . I find it heartwarming that even though M. Hansard and I are very culturally different, his music video "Philander" managed to stir-up emotions about my grandmother's house in Mexico (the colors and props, not the title)...how I remember it anyway. Some things are just globally identifiable...





"Rhythm and Repose is a result of Hansard’s last year and a half of living in New York City. The album was recorded by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, Laurie Anderson) and produced by Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The National, Antony and the Johnsons). The record features the musical talents of Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright) on bass, Ray Rizzo on drums, Nico Muhly and Rob Moose on strings (Bon Iver, Y Music), David Mansfield on slide guitar (Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Tour), Javier Mas (Leonard Cohen touring band) and half of Bruce Springsteen’s current horn section. Assisting on vocals are Cristin Milioti (Once, The Musical), Sam Amidon, Marketa Irglova and Aida Shahghasemi (Marketa Irglova touring band)." Quote by ANTI Records.

Baryshnikov In Paris...

“Yes, from day to day, from year to year, you wait in secret for only one thing—that moment when you’ll stumble onto happy love. Ultimately it is this hope alone that enables you to live… In Paris”- Quote by Russian author, Ivan Bunin (1870-1953)

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Last time Baryshnikov was in Paris, wasn't he with Carrie Bradshaw? There's something about this man that I find uncontrollably alluring.  Don't you?
His latest venture is a leading role in the play, "In Paris", based on a short story written in 1940 by Ivan Bunin (a Russian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1933), where he acts (only minimal dancing I hear...) in his native tongue.  This month, it finally comes to North America; I can only hope it makes its way to Canada.

USA Premiere: 

• From April 11 - 21, 2012 @ Broad Stage, Santa Monica, California. 
• From April 25 - May 13, 2012 @ Berkeley Rep, Berkeley, California.
• From August 1 - 5, 2012 @ Lincoln Center Festival, New York.

Plot: Two Russian immigrants living in 1930s Paris.
Language: Russian
Adapted from Ivan Bunin's short story. 
Directed by Dmitry Krymov 
Performers Mikhail Baryshnikov and Anna Sinyakina with Maxim Maminov, Maria Gulik and the Dmitry Krymov Laboratory ensemble.