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#175: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross — Your Brain on Art: Neuroaesthetics, Wellbeing, and Creative Practice, plus Finding Your Voice, Tapping Into Intuition
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#175: Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross — Your Brain on Art: Neuroaesthetics, Wellbeing, and Creative Practice, plus Finding Your Voice, Tapping Into Intuition

Neuroaesthetics researcher Susan Magsamen and Google design leader Ivy Ross on creativity as a biological necessity, intuition, and the aesthetic mindset for a good life.

London Writers' Salon · Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Parul Bavishi

January 4, 20261h 10m

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Show Notes

Neuroaesthetics researcher Susan Magsamen and Google design leader Ivy Ross on creativity as a biological necessity, intuition, and the aesthetic mindset for a good life.   

You'll learn:

  • Habits that Susan and Ivy turn to when they need to re-centre.
  • What Susan and Ivy are trying to change in the world with their day jobs. 
  • The beginning of Susan and Ivy working together.
  • Clear evidence that proved to Susan and Ivy that their work was needed.
  • Advice for using your intuition to be more creative.
  • How a writer might find their voice.
  • Questions to ask yourself if you’re writing a similar book to Your Brain on Art.
  • Principles that Susan and Ivy use to help them live a good life. 
  • The link between nature and neuroaesthetics.
  • The transforming power of journaling.


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About Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross

Susan Magsamen is the founder and director of the International Arts + Mind Lab, Center for Applied Neuroaesthetics at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she is a faculty member, and she co-directs the NeuroArts Blueprint. Ivy Ross is Vice President of Design for hardware product area at Google, leading an award-winning team, and is also an arts grant recipient and recognised creative leader.

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