…Recent neuroscience demonstrates that the processes of creativity and psychosis map similarly in the brain, each contingent on a reduced number of dopamine D2 receptors in the thalamus. A continuum runs between the two conditions; there is no sharp line.
The creativity-psychosis continuum is the new black. In some time zones it runs parallel to the trusty old coffee-beer continuum and in some, the two actually meet, creating odd five-way intersections where the drivers all look at each other dumbfounded because no one is sure whose turn is next.
I used to always say it's a fine line, like Steve Winwood, a very fine line. But now I'll just say it's day-to-day.
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