tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16940809.post767580346214372246..comments2023-09-11T10:18:17.531-04:00Comments on church.nu: Creativity crisis?Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13756603962925894681noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16940809.post-39687571402670252912008-11-15T16:58:00.000-05:002008-11-15T16:58:00.000-05:00Hey, Mark. Thanks for the scientific explanation. ...Hey, Mark. Thanks for the scientific explanation. I've certainly watched that effect in organizations (and felt it in my own soul) and its nice to know there's a reason.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756603962925894681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16940809.post-43558765448444221452008-11-14T14:06:00.000-05:002008-11-14T14:06:00.000-05:00Good post, Bob - after a few years studying counse...Good post, Bob - after a few years studying counseling psych, I can offer hard evidence in brain research for this dynamic. Under stress, the limbic system "shuts down" the cortex (the thinking part of our brain) and goes into fight/flight/freeze mode. When the stress is gone, the cortex shuts down the limbic system and returns to a more creative mode.<BR/><BR/>Now would be a great time for our contemplative Christian friends to infuse a bit of prayer and meditation into mainline culture - if only to cool down those hundreds of thousands of raging amygdalas so that we could actually take up the task of innovation and creativity. -mdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com