Neuroaesthetics

Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us Susan Magsamen (Author) Ivy Ross (Author)

I just read a summary of the book on Science Friday. I agree with everything they say except the basic premise. It’s not art making the brain loves, it’s the evolutionary ‘must’ of problem solving, which as a lifetime artist, musician, therapist and educator I am familiar with.

As an REBT therapist it’s even more elegant and simple: deal with your trauma as best you can then ignore it and focus on satisfactions. The purpose of life is satisfaction, the satisfaction of problem solving is our evolutionary imperative.

Miriam-JW Blackstock ‘23