E91. How and Why Does Creativity Make Us Happy?

Published: Sept. 23, 2022, 4 p.m.

Last week I looked at how suffering relates to creativity. This week I discuss how creativity can improve our lives! I talk about three different epistemological approaches to understanding how creativity can help us heal, increase our quality of life, and make us feel good: scientific, philosophical, and spiritual.

Sources used in this episode:

Article in Psychology today on the health benefits of creativity.

Essay on the transmutation of energy by Ram Dass.\xa0