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| Dr. Indre Viskontas with the the "Painted Ladies" |
A couple of weeks ago,
Selene and I met
Dr. Indre Viskontas for coffee in the
Fillmore District. Although Indre's
BAASICS.3: The Deep End presentation, "Release from Inhibition: The creative impulse in patients with dementia," draws primarily on her
neuroscience research experience, she is a scientist
and an artist. She earned a PhD from
UCLA as well as a Master of Music degree from the
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where she now serves on the faculty.
In the course of our conversation, we learned how Indre's experiences as co-host of
OWN's
Miracle Detectives buttressed her commitment to
secular humanism, and about several exciting art and music projects she's currently working on. Mostly, though, we learned about the research Indre did into the workings of creativity in patients with
frontotemporal dementia.
