CHP 9 Response

I found out that I won't have a lot of time these next few weeks, so I'm chipping away at assignments to get them out of the way.
Meaning

I recognize the importance of this chapter, but do not respond well to it. It is as though Pink is trying to tie together all his previous chapters by briefly mentioning them and then throwing them into a bag with 'spirituality', the 'meaning of life', and 'happiness'. This doesn't just relate to right brained thinkers, and he doesn't really seem to mention much about the brain sides in this chapter (I could be wrong, I'm quite tired). It feels like a short and sloppy conclusion to a really long essay. Honestly, if we took this entire book, and cut out all the nonsense, it would have been a really well written essay. I feel like this little book has been written for those who aren't creative and don't know much about the world and the way to go about writing something like this. This should've been an essay. An article, even. A blog entry? And then, those who don't get the underlying subtext that he gives out about left brainers being less evolved than right brainers, and don't understand that he hasn't enlightened anyone about anything with this book, will just be sitting pretty, saying "oh gosh, I'm so glad I use my right brain more!".

Then again, it's hard not to write this sortof thing in THIS fashion. If it had been a book of more literary merit, it might be really really confusing, and really muddled. But maybe if it was more concise, paired down, and better contained and structured...perhaps it would have been nicer. It's a nice read, but it's just one long opinionated conversation, in the long run. (Though some chapters were thoroughly enjoyable and well made).

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