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I went into this thinking 1) it was going to be ALL about Proust and 2) I kinda know what Jonah Lehrer is going to say and 3) it will maybe be 3 to 4 stars. But damn. I both over and underestimated it. Crazy brain. I REALLY liked its structure: Proust was one chapter, but there were chapters on Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein, Walt Whitman, Paul Cézanne, Igor Stravinsky, etc..
He exceeded my expectations, kept me engaged, and even his Coda at the end was strong. Sometimes, it did feel a bit force ...more
He exceeded my expectations, kept me engaged, and even his Coda at the end was strong. Sometimes, it did feel a bit force ...more
Wondrous, amazing book. Thank you to my goodread friends who recommended it. A delight from start to finish. I love the insights into both momentous modernist creative works and science. I loved how he covered the senses of taste, sight and hearing as well as memory and consciousness and the structure of language. Diverse, informative and eye-opening.
Interesting collection of essays on how artists explore and illuminate workings of the mind, as later confirmed by neuroscientific data.
Much to process and ponder in this book concerning the workings of our brains, minds and the connections to art on many levels.
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