Summary Of How Motherhood Affects Creativity

In the article “How Motherhood Affects Creativity” by Erika Hayasaki, the author writes about how the cultural messages state that women who are making art and having children are incompatible pursuits. On the other hand, how science implies that women may become more creative after having kids. Hayasaki talks about the neurological connection between motherhood and creativity. Creative people are more prone to frequently take risks, they are brave, and skillful at discovering new and uncommon ways to get any assignments done. Hayasaki argues that even though it has not been scientifically proven how the mothers’ brains become more artistic after giving birth to their child, there are specific facts that prove how mothers became more artistic after giving birth. In addition, Hayasaki states how mothers have had become better writers, when being involved with their children and being busy moms. Hayasaki also writes about a specific mothers’ experiences of giving birth and how it helped them become more artistic and helped them learned how to organize their
For example, in the article the author mentions, “Science shows us that rat moms are inventive, dauntless, resourceful—essential ingredients for creativity. Yet when it comes to human moms, our culture reinforces its own ideas about creativity and parenthood.” (Hayasaki, 2017). The author compares the mothers’ brains with the rats’ brains. To explore those ideas, she mentions how the rats become very responsible after giving birth, by providing a warm nest and shelter for their babies. On the other hand, Hayasaki discusses how each mother is different when it comes to being creative, each mother has a different way of expressing their