Where You Find Me Now: Hidden Pictures, Puzzles & Life Paths
Welcome back, Friends. Today we talk about the things that are hidden and the things we find.... and of course, ART! As human beings, we like a good puzzle, but we just LOVE a great puzzle. Don't we? Ever wonder why that is so? We are, in some way, predisposed to loving puzzles, quizzes, and the like. It is as if we were pre-programmed to be natural problem-solvers. We just can't leave it alone. We MUST solve the puzzle! As humans, we are drawn to solving puzzles due to an existential need to impose order on chaos, rooted in evolutionary biology, psychology, and neuroscience. Puzzles offer a safe, controlled way to simulate life’s survival challenges, triggering dopamine rewards, enhancing pattern recognition, and facilitating a calming state that satisfies our biological imperative to find meaning, purpose, and mastery over our environment. When we solve a puzzle or a problem, it releases dopamine, which sort o...
