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A review by moonyreadsbystarlight
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
informative
medium-paced
3.0
This was interesting and definitely made me feel encouraged to continue doing art. It brings in a lot of neat things happening with people using art for healing. But there was a disconnect for me. So much of the conclusion spoke to individualism, which seemed to be the antithesis of so much of the majority of how art was being used in the book. And even before then, there were bits about business that I didn't care for and not a lot on marginalized people and art (save for the section on Indigenous people which had some good information but still seemed to be framed in an off-putting way... especially given the individualism in a lot of its analysis). Don't get me wrong, this is a huge topic. I get that every facet of art won't be covered. But for me, hearing about a CEO discovering the existence of ~the innovative power of music ~ or whatever is just not interesting. I could say more but I'll stop there. However it does start an interesting conversation and has some cool info on art. I picked it up with no expectations and got a bit out of it, even if I found some of it's analysis to be lacking.
Moderate: Ableism, Chronic illness, Drug use, Medical content, and War