Inspired by Daoism and complexity science, Jean Boulton set out to write a book that mirrors its own message: that embracing flow, paradox, and noticing the detail of what is emerging can improve our creative process as well as inform our actions.

There’s a new and rapidly growing discipline on the block and it’s known as cognitive studies. How are its insights into perception, intuition and emotion transforming humanities research? In the case of classics, cognitive approaches have already opened up a world of possibilities.