10-11-2024, 06:04 AM
Why do we like music? Or art? How does experiencing art or creating it provoke a dopamine response?
We’re still investigating the neurochemical pathway
It’s quite clear that poetry, like any habit picked up at some stage in life, is addictive
In that sense poetry is similar to any sport or hobby, or art form, and unlike, say, catching a taxi
Creating something makes us happy. The more intricate the creation, the greater the joy.
That’s also why we so often dislike what we have written. The dopamine high of creation is gone. And usually the poem is not good enough to give a high upon te creating it in our heads. See below.
Why do we like reading poetry?
Maybe because reading and processing is akin to creating,in that we are re creating the poet’s original thoughts in our heads
We’re still investigating the neurochemical pathway
It’s quite clear that poetry, like any habit picked up at some stage in life, is addictive
In that sense poetry is similar to any sport or hobby, or art form, and unlike, say, catching a taxi
Creating something makes us happy. The more intricate the creation, the greater the joy.
That’s also why we so often dislike what we have written. The dopamine high of creation is gone. And usually the poem is not good enough to give a high upon te creating it in our heads. See below.
Why do we like reading poetry?
Maybe because reading and processing is akin to creating,in that we are re creating the poet’s original thoughts in our heads