Our two cerebral hemispheres allow us to engage with the world in very different ways, particularly by the types of focus they enable. If you browse through my blog, or search “McGilchrist” you’ll find lots of detail about this.
One difference is that the left hemisphere is always on the lookout for the familiar. It seeks to re-cognise what we encounter and to classify it according to previous analyses. The right hemisphere however is primed to spot what’s new. It seeks to focus on the unfamiliar, the unique, the particular.
You could say that the right hemisphere promotes discovery by seeking novelty.
Maybe that partly explains our common fascination for new life, for seedlings, shoots and buds. Maybe it explains why we find the unfolding of leaves and petals so beautiful, or why we enjoy seeing growth, development and emergence.
The right hemisphere helps us elevate becoming over being.
What do you notice that’s new or different today?
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