Paradoxes of creativity from the perspectives of psychiatry and biology.

What is the origin of creativity? Can animals be creative?
Can personal conflicts and creative processes initiate each other?
What is the human soul from the perspective of ancient Greeks and modern science?
How to stay productive in art and mentally healthy?

These and other questions we discuss with Dr. Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez. Dr. Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez is a medical specialist in Neuropsychiatry at the National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery of Mexico, author of 5 books about clinical narratives and the human soul in Spanish. He is a son of the famous Mexican writer Jose Augustin, and one of the most active members of the global neuropsychiatric community.
So, the interview is full of interesting examples, scientific facts, and stories of book writing.
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0:00:00 Introducing Dr. Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez
0:01:32 How creative are animals?
0:10:05 A connection between arts and technology
0:12:55 Origines of creativity in ancient people
0:14:50 One act of art initiates another
0:15:43 Communication through art
0:20:57 How humans learn language
0:22:02 What drives art
0:22:37 Narrative arts
0:23:47 How patients come to creation
0:27:35 Circle of communication
0:29:02 The goal of art and creation
0:32:10 We are the canvas of melancholy: depression and melancholy
0:42:22 Arttherapy
0:45:07 A dictionary without words
0:47:35 It’s like Tolkien
0:49:25 Lying without words
0:53:35 Soul and psyche
1:04:43 Dangers of creative perfectionism
1:10:14 The bright side of self-criticism
1:12:35 Three things to help creative people stay productive and in harmony with themselves