Awe is good for you…

Want more creativity in your life? Then add a bit of awe!

Zhang and team found that “on days when participants [in their study] felt more daily awe than they typically do, they reported having done more everyday creative activities. The effects of awe were independent of amusement . . . and Big Five personality. . . .   These results are the first to demonstrate a consistent link between awe and complementary measures of creativity.”

Zhang, R. Howell, P. Razavi, H. Shaban-Azad, W. Chai, T. Ramis, Z. Mello, C. Anderson, and D. Keltner.  “Awe is Associated with Creative Personality, Convergent Creativity, and Everyday Creativity.”  Psychology of Aesthetics Creativity, and the Arts, in press, https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000442