<p><br />Is there a <b>dark side to creativity</b>? Might it even be necessary? Are <b>artists visionaries</b>? Or is the future contained in the present, and if so, <b>what will you do about it</b>?</p><p></p><p>As a an <b>art writer and curator</b>, <b>Joana P. R. Neves</b>, the host, steps back from her job, and steps into the questions it stimulates, about art and life, creativity and philosophy. And what better tools to explore the point were art intersects with life than books?</p><p>In this episode, Joana presents and reads excerpts of this week's chosen book, The Invention of Morel (1940) by Adolfo Bioy Casares, and asks "is there a dark side to creativity?"</p><p></p><p>Read Joana's essays: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://joanaprneves.substack.com/" target="_blank">Art Thinkosaurus</a>.</p><p></p><p>To know more about our guests and our ideas → ⁠SIGN UP TO THE EXHIBITIONISTAS FILES.</p><p>⁠⁠⁠⁠<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0YxYXU2S2k3SWxyNjRiSGhaYmw4SEh1bTJXd3xBQ3Jtc0ttWmZBSVNEMG94Y3VDMV9SamxfVEoySVNKdTJGUFZZd1htN2hLR2pZckFSUU9pTTdlT3lsSWdYX2l6UURGLXFXcU5UWHFuT2Fqc1BETFlYckVfd3lhcnRjVlVfTnFnc1BPRERmclBXNGlIZ2dLS3JQWQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fjoanaprneves.substack.com%2Fs%2Fe..&amp;v=N97yd5t3pFY" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠</a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠" target="_blank">⁠https://joanaprneves.substack.com/s/exhibitionistas⁠⁠</a></p><p>+ you can become a member and support us.</p><p></p><p>Small donations are great! "Buys us a book": ⁠⁠⁠⁠<a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbV9wYko3b1dFNGdMT1kzMVJRU2EtMU9KTy1WQXxBQ3Jtc0tseHZidUtmRmxJbThCR1EwMW9seHRfWENkZ0s3blVLaW9FeUtqREZSM3Q0aHFLbnZ0VEh2QVVCSjRqWkxvVDk0ZHpDZXdYVHQ5OUlhWlp0eGprYmprZXZVcFJsdGk0aGNCWVp2SzZFUTVUWHZMREtpNA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fbuymeacoffee.com%2Fexhibitionis..&amp;v=N97yd5t3pFY" target="_blank"><b>⁠⁠⁠</b></a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista%E2%81%A0" target="_blank"><b>⁠</b></a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠" target="_blank"><b>https://buymeacoffee.com/exhibitionista⁠⁠</b></a>.</p><p></p><p>Takeaways</p><ul><li>genre literature and avant-garde</li><li>The artifice of creativity of Adolfo Bioy Casares's 'The Invention of Morel'</li><li>The ethical implications of technology and creativity</li></ul><p>Chapters</p><ul><li>00:00 The Island of Isolation</li><li>06:36 The Mysterious Miracle</li><li>37:28 Introduction to Adolfo Bioy Casares and 'The Invention of Morel'</li><li>47:50 The Island and Its Inhabitants</li><li>56:00 Morel's Invention and Its Implications</li><li>01:04:29 The Narrator's Response and Ethical Considerations</li><li>01:19:02 The Dark Side of Creativity and Technology</li><li>01:30:14 The Interconnection of Human Condition and Technology</li></ul><p></p>