tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post8833197799627254796..comments2024-01-26T14:21:13.102-05:00Comments on HG Poetics: "H.P." postscript : Neo-Acmeism?Henry Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3966360.post-21533830342215016692010-03-01T11:01:10.159-05:002010-03-01T11:01:10.159-05:00Ste3phen J Gould writes about 'the retention o...Ste3phen J Gould writes about 'the retention of juvenile traits' as a key to human evolution away from apes. Humans resemble juvenile apes more than adult ones, and we have a prolonged childhood, which permits the evolution of a larger brain. I've always thought the same is true of artists. Artists retain juvenile traits of playfullness into adulthood. It accounts for the creativity, as well as the puerility.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779349971367825564noreply@blogger.com