Glaser drew a surprising connection between acting and medicine. As a director, he discovered that the most powerful performances came when actors lost control — when they were scared, naked in the moment, forced to cope with what is rather than what they planned. And when they survived it, the experience was a high, a connection with something larger than themselves. This 'connection,' he argued, was what people called 'being creative' — and it applied far beyond art. Whether healing a patient, discovering a cure, inventing software, or affecting dialogue between mortal enemies, the drive to create and connect was the fundamental human experience.