The “Cathedral Effect”

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Enter a high-ceilinged room and 3x your creativity. This actually happens and it’s called “The Cathedral Effect.” The higher the ceiling, the more *space* your thoughts get to stretch and soar. This is why you feel more creative in cathedrals, airports, and under the open sky…

Is this true? I don’t know, but I’ve always felt that way in lofty quiet places. That’s why, a long time ago, I wrote, “How to love going to church: a guide for atheists.”

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Erich Vieth

Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on civil rights (including First Amendment), consumer law litigation and appellate practice. At this website often writes about censorship, corporate news media corruption and cognitive science. He is also a working musician, artist and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his two daughters.

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