Are you a creative eccentric? Embrace it
I am not like most people.
I figured this out when one of my family members pointed out something I was doing and said, “most people don’t do that.”
It made me think about the fact that I have never felt “normal” or that I “fit in.”
I asked some of my friends about this and found that many of my writer friends feel the same way. In fact, my blogging partner Carol was so sure as a child that she must have been adopted, she would search her house looking for adoption papers.
In an article in the Winter 2014 issue of Scientific American Mind — The Mad Science of Creativity
For instance, in Carson’s research some creative students report magical thinking, such as a belief in telepathic communication. Creative eccentrics are also more likely to experience unusual perceptual experiences, such as having frequent déjà vu and hearing voices or sensing the presence of another person who isn’t there. Read more
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