Nøgleord Originality

Han vil bare leve et almindeligt og stille liv. Men når fortiden begynder at hviske i mørket, er spørgsmålet ikke, om den finder ham – men hvornår han bryder sammen.

A 3-chapter documentary about the stories we tell ourselves around creativity. Using a plethora of studies from anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, the film tries to demystify the way we use our brains to create, to make art and science. The products of our minds are extraordinary, but the process in which they are brought about are in fact, quite ordinary. Shakespeare copied. Mozart copied. Picasso copied too. But we're still obsessed with originality. We're living in the most creative time in humanity's existence, so maybe it's time to rethink our preconceptions about creativity.