How a beautiful symptom of a brutal dementia informs our understanding of creativity

Carol Spence’s vision is flooded with green. As her brush swoops right and swishes left, she’s first transported to a lush spring meadow, then to the canopies of a rainforest — every stroke bringing her to another verdant utopia.

Until she hears her daughter scream, “What are you doing?!”

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