Physicist Arthur Zajonc suggests that our culture urgently needs the cognitive capacities of artists. But what exactly are those capacities, and why are they so vital to us now? Perhaps these capacities begin with an artist’s willingness to dwell in uncertainty. Where others seek clarity and definitive answers, the artist embraces confusion, allowing it to…
I grew up in a hardworking Norwegian farming family in the Midwest, where practicality was a way of life. This mindset is etched into my being. When I walk into an art gallery, I often marvel at the hours—sometimes thousands—that someone has spent creating a sculpture, a painting, or a work of art. All that…
Physicist Arthur Zajonc once wrote, “Artists are the harbingers of the future mentality required both by science and by the imperatives of living in our precarious times… We now truly stand in need, not only as scientists but as a civilization, of the artists’ cognitive capacities.” From my 20 years of teaching creative process courses,…
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