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Maria wrote a really good post about creativity and depression - whether alleviating depressions (say, through medication) nixes the creative impetus - and I left a long(ish) comment, with references to Twyla Tharp's notion of the creative *habit*.

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Creating new habits = essential for innovation; old habits remain, but can be lessened (if bad,eg.) by new habits.
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...brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks.

Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try — the more we step outside our comfort zone — the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives.
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This reminds me very much of SEED magazine's 2006 article, The Reinvention of the Self," by Jonah Lehrer, which profiled the work of Prof. Elizabeth Gould.
http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/02/the_reinvention_of_the_self.php?page=all&p=y

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Spacing Toronto's Matthew Blackett presents some interesting statistics from a CNN Money article about a national poll on how gasoliine prices are affecting (and will affect) American driving habits.

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