#creatitivty

Thomas: How did I used to learn things?

Logan: Textbooks

Roman and virgil: Mistakes...

Patton: Puppets!

Now, there’s an obvious difference between Logan and Patton- their answers are virtually the opposite of each other, because those two are a dichotomy; literally polar opposites. Moreover, they each explain a method of learning that applies to that particular part of the brain; Patton responds more to a creative way of learning, Logan a more logical way.

Have a look at Roman and Virgil though! They have the same answer, and in the past we had used that as evidence that Virgil was the dark side of Roman. With the introduction of the Duke though, we know this isn’t true. However!

It links back to the accepting anxiety video, where it is revealed that Virgil’s anxiety about Thomas fitting in led to Roman having more creative inspiration. Virgil acted as fuel for Roman, fundamentally. His fears created unique and wonderful worlds for Thomas to escape to, as, in the intrusive thoughts video, it is suggested that Roman only creates more PG friendly worlds, where good things happen. 

Let’s turn that to Virgil’s relationship with the Duke. In the intrusive thoughts video it is explained that Thomas is kept awake all night due to Virgil’s (and Patton’s) fear of the Duke’s intrusive thoughts, rather than the intrusive thoughts themselves. Once again, I think Virgil acts as fuel for the Duke’s power, just as he does for Roman. 

Ultimately, Virgil and Roman in particular are in their own way, working together just as Patton and Logan do. 

“The main reason for the connection between anxiety and creativity is imagination. The dichotomy lies in the fact that the same brain that conjures up inventive paintings, poetry, and music can also get trapped in repetitive thoughts and dreadful worries.”(sources below)

The use of the same answers and the sequence in accepting anxiety all but confirm it, and therefore a similar dichotomy must exist with Virgil and the Duke as well, which raise great questions as to who the light side that Virgil has supposedly replaced is. Perhaps, it’s simply childhood imagination.

https://www.mother.ly/parenting/understanding-fascinating-link-anxiety-creativity-kids-sake

CHILEAN MINERS STAR IN POWERFUL WORLD CUP AD

Banco de Chile recruits the 33 miners who survived 69 days in a collapsed mine to give the Chilean national team one hell of a pep talk.

For all the manufactured emotion in both advertising and sports, this one is the real deal. In 2010, 33 miners were trapped for 69 days in a collapsed Chilean mine. In this new World Cup commercial for Banco de Chile (turn captions on), those survivors return to Camp Esperanza in the Atacama desert arm in arm to give their national soccer a team an epic pep talk that would give Herb Brooks goose bumps.

Chile is in Group B, the 2014 tourney's Group of Death, along with 2010 champs and runners-up Spain and the Netherlands, along with Australia. But miner Mario Sepulveda laughs in the face of so-called soccer death. They are sending earth from Camp Esperanza to Brazil to spread over the fields the Chilean team will play on.

"So we can show the world that nothing is impossible for a Chilean! Spain is hard? Netherlands is hard? We are not scared of the Group of Death. We don't care about death! Because we have beaten death before!"