{"id":408167,"date":"2021-04-28T11:45:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.wpengine.com\/?p=408167"},"modified":"2022-02-16T16:16:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T21:16:54","slug":"untangling-anxious-signals-and-creative-impulses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmusicusa.org\/nmbx\/untangling-anxious-signals-and-creative-impulses\/","title":{"rendered":"Untangling Anxious Signals and Creative Impulses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>States of high anxiety can produce thought patterns similar to those experienced during the creative process &#8211; seemingly disparate thoughts connect to create new meanings and stories &#8211; but there are also stark differences between imaginative impulses and anxious physiological signals. I unpack the positive and negative impacts of anxiety on creative work, and why the two are easily confused.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PN6cHxBnfp8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1038043891&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"New Music USA\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/new-music-usa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Music USA<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; 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