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The Dynamics of Creation by Anthony Storr

August 23rd, 2002 · No Comments · Books · Reviews

I saw some quotes from and references to Storr’s books while reading A Beautiful Mind. I was intrigued by them, so I ordered a couple of his books.
Storr’s analysis does not give a clear answer or mechanism on the process of creativity (is it possible?). He starts by debunking the simplistic Freudian view [...]

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Overcoming the Early Bird Phobia and Etc.

June 18th, 2002 · No Comments · Misc

One of the things I recently rediscovered, after moving to a new home last month, was that I can actually wake up before 9 a.m. everyday and get by with less than 7 hours of sleep. :p
Yeah, what’s so surprising about it, you might say. I feel like I’ve been on this shifted daily schedule [...]

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The Language of Flirting

May 24th, 2002 · Comments Off · Books · Random Thoughts · Reviews

I was going to say something, but I don’t think it’s that interesting. :p I guess I will just note that it’s an order of magnitude more difficult for me to flirt in English than in Korean. Since I grew up on Korean, it’s definitely my emotional language, where English was learned and mostly used [...]

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