Sound & structure Book

I do not know if David is left handed or not, let alone dyslexic, but I found that these two paragraphs of his own review, resounded with my own perspective of this book ...

"Essays for the Left Hand," takes the left hand as a metaphor for aspects of living that are intuitive, [un]conscious, and difficult to analyze and therefore control'such as creativity, early learning, myth, and the idea of fate. It is a collection of essays from different times of the author's life and development that, he writes in the introduction, he has edited somewhat to give them more thematic integrity.

What I liked about On Knowing was exactly what I liked about the quote that drew me to the book: almost every sentence is pithy, erudite and with an "enlightening" glow. In terms of content, it's interesting in as far as it looks at what makes us modern. Although written in the 1960s, nearly everything that characterizes humankind in the 21st century was already worked out, so the fact that it is already 50-plus years old has little effect on its relevance."

Creativity - for an approaching three score years and ten, left handed dyslexic, whose propensity for mirror writing was 'corrected' by nuns at St. John's Primary School in the Archway, North London; as a result of being taught to write correctly with an Osmiroid 65 pen fitted with a left-handed italic nib - has forever been the driving force of my life.



From my own particular perspective, however, the best review of Jerome Bruner's book, which addresses many of the points which David has made, has been written by Maria Popova. Entitled "How to Master the Art of "Effective Surprise" and the 6 Essential Conditions for Creativity", the piece can be found at her most revealing 'brain pickings' website.