“If you don’t make rest time a priority, you’re unlikely to achieve your fitness goals”
Elizabeth Millard draws a link between the role of rest in serious exercise, and in creative lives, in her new article "How To Recharge And Replenish Your Body
Gestures and Childhood Creativity
In the philosophy of mind, there's a concept called "embodied cognition," which holds that thinking isn't just something we do with our brains; we do it with our
“Busy men find life very short:” Seneca on busyness, leisure and time
Yesterday I read Seneca's essay "On The Shortness of Life." I read his Letters from a Stoic when I was on sabbatical in Cambridge, and recently saw a reference
Physical activity after concussions: Another example of active rest?
A group of Canadian and American researchers have been examining children with concussions, and their impact that exercise has on their recovery after injury. They publish their findings
Rest, creativity, and note-taking: Lewis Carroll’s nyctograph
One of the things I discovered when working on Rest was how commonly creative people keep a notebook handy, when going on walks, at their beside, or even by
“vacations meant rather a variation of mental employment than absolute rest of mind”
In Rest, I talk about several people who became noted literary figures, but had careers in other fields. JRR Tolkien, who wrote The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings,
“Science demands a lot of its disciples, so scientists should take control, not be controlled”
This piece about scientists' working hours was written from last year, but it recently came to my attention after Jennifer Polk tweeted it out. (Of course I'm not
Martin Lindstrom: “I’ve literally written all my books while swimming”
Thrive Global, Ariana Huffington's new enterprise, has an interview with Martin Lindstrom (whose biography describes him as a "Change Agent. Brand Futurist. Bestselling Author.") that touches on exercise, boredom,
Gender and the benefits of flexible working hours
Flexible working hours are good, right? The give you a greater degree of control over your own schedule, so you can take time off to pick up the
Is your brain’s need for stimulation leading to sleep deprivation? You suffer from “Trump Syndrome”!
Science of Us writer Drake Baer lays out the argument that Donald Trump's, umm, distinctive personality characteristics can be blamed on (or are exacerbated by) sleep deprivation: Earlier