Lucid Dreaming and Cross-Cultural Creativity

Casey and Aliya discuss lucid dreaming and anthropological research in the field of human creativity. Aliya explains that lucid dreams may not make a person more creative, but lucid dreamers tend to be creative people. Casey notes that anthropologists have studied the experience creativity in cultures across the world. Anthropologist Victor Turner's idea of liminality applies to cultural concepts of creativity. Liminality describes a transitional or threshold moment in a person's life; because it is transitional, the opportunity for creativity in these moments is heightened.