Comments on: creativity: the murky mind http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/ making lives better, making better lives Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:48:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Xavier http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-647150 Xavier Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:33:01 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-647150 The ability to imagine is very important to find new ways and solutions. But everyone has the ability, it even can be trained. The ability to imagine is very important to find new ways and solutions. But everyone has the ability, it even can be trained.

]]> By: Randal http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-630243 Randal Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:22:20 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-630243 Evan: "I’m not an artist, but then most artists aren’t creative." oh yes u are! Evan: “I’m not an artist, but then most artists aren’t creative.”

oh yes u are!

]]> By: potencja http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-449460 potencja Wed, 14 May 2008 23:15:52 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-449460 Kat C - I think it's not that simple. I have a lot of problems so i know. Kat C – I think it’s not that simple. I have a lot of problems so i know.

]]> By: JohnD http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-406969 JohnD Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:05:38 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-406969 The explanations for creativity may sound murky, but the experience is all clarity and light. I write because it is my means for processing what's going in my life and because it unfailingly leads to discovery. In a creative writing state, I feel more at one with myself. Usually scattered thoughts and body energy are focused unselfconsciously on the flow of associations. Invariably, I am surprised at the connections I make. The poet Auden once said something that refers to this way of learning - How can I know what I mean until I see what I say? I think he is acknowledging there the surprise and freshness of what emerges through the act of imaginative writing. I'm no creative genius, but creativity is experienced by many when they achieve, often without premeditation, those breakthrough moments when things come together suddenly - in whatever medium they work. JohnD <em>JohnD's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/storiedmind/~3/240104440/depression-and-imagination'>Depression and Imagination</a></em> The explanations for creativity may sound murky, but the experience is all clarity and light. I write because it is my means for processing what’s going in my life and because it unfailingly leads to discovery. In a creative writing state, I feel more at one with myself. Usually scattered thoughts and body energy are focused unselfconsciously on the flow of associations. Invariably, I am surprised at the connections I make. The poet Auden once said something that refers to this way of learning – How can I know what I mean until I see what I say? I think he is acknowledging there the surprise and freshness of what emerges through the act of imaginative writing. I’m no creative genius, but creativity is experienced by many when they achieve, often without premeditation, those breakthrough moments when things come together suddenly – in whatever medium they work.

JohnD

JohnD’s last blog post..Depression and Imagination

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-405779 isabella mori Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:34:36 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-405779 just to let you know: jeremy over at PsyBlog has posted a response: <a href="http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/02/creativity-action-is-everything.php">creativity: action is everything</a>. just to let you know: jeremy over at PsyBlog has posted a response: creativity: action is everything.

]]> By: Evan http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-405626 Evan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:00:36 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-405626 Inside and outside can get messy when speaking of things like inspiration. Those external sounds come right up against my eardrums and stimulate internal nerves. Those internal thoughts lead to / are changing muscle tension. Bridging the gap between productivity and creativity probably requires stepping back, consideration, analysis, destructuring, playing and building. All involving a combination of the internal and external as I see it. <em>Evan's last blog post..<a href='http://wellbeingandhealth.net/uncategorized/a-fabulous-blog-about-psychotherapy-psychology-philosophy-and-real-life/'>A Fabulous Blog About Psychotherapy: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life</a></em> Inside and outside can get messy when speaking of things like inspiration.

Those external sounds come right up against my eardrums and stimulate internal nerves. Those internal thoughts lead to / are changing muscle tension.

Bridging the gap between productivity and creativity probably requires stepping back, consideration, analysis, destructuring, playing and building. All involving a combination of the internal and external as I see it.

Evan’s last blog post..A Fabulous Blog About Psychotherapy: Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life

]]> By: Chris Marshall | Martial Development http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-405620 Chris Marshall | Martial Development Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:53:45 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-405620 Etymologically speaking, yes: <blockquote>c.1303, "immediate influence of God or a god," especially that under which the holy books were written, from O.Fr. inspiration, from L.L. inspirationem (nom. inspiratio), from L. inspiratus, pp. of inspirare "inspire, inflame, blow into," from in-"in" + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit). Inspire in this sense is c.1340, from O.Fr. enspirer, from L. inspirare, a loan-transl. of Gk. pnein in the Bible. General sense of "influence or animate with an idea or purpose" is from 1390. </blockquote> Practically speaking, also yes. No man is an island, right? <em>Chris Marshall | Martial Development's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MartialDevelopment/~3/240748659/'>Vladimir Vasilev, Russia’s Mind Warrior</a></em> Etymologically speaking, yes:

c.1303, “immediate influence of God or a god,” especially that under which the holy books were written, from O.Fr. inspiration, from L.L. inspirationem (nom. inspiratio), from L. inspiratus, pp. of inspirare “inspire, inflame, blow into,” from in-”in” + spirare “to breathe” (see spirit). Inspire in this sense is c.1340, from O.Fr. enspirer, from L. inspirare, a loan-transl. of Gk. pnein in the Bible. General sense of “influence or animate with an idea or purpose” is from 1390.

Practically speaking, also yes. No man is an island, right?

Chris Marshall | Martial Development’s last blog post..Vladimir Vasilev, Russia’s Mind Warrior

]]> By: isabella mori http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-405578 isabella mori Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:45:29 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-405578 is inspiration an external force? is inspiration an external force?

]]> By: Chris Marshall | Martial Development http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-405564 Chris Marshall | Martial Development Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:09:46 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-405564 I agree with Jeremy that action is needed; but isn't inspiration--external force--the only way to bridge the gap between creativity and mere productivity? <em>Chris Marshall | Martial Development's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MartialDevelopment/~3/240748659/'>Vladimir Vasilev, Russia’s Mind Warrior</a></em> I agree with Jeremy that action is needed; but isn’t inspiration–external force–the only way to bridge the gap between creativity and mere productivity?

Chris Marshall | Martial Development’s last blog post..Vladimir Vasilev, Russia’s Mind Warrior

]]> By: Vitor - The Fractal Forest http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-402826 Vitor - The Fractal Forest Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:46:26 +0000 http://www.moritherapy.org/article/creativity-the-murky-mind/#comment-402826 Why do so called non-creative types (as if there was such a thing) don't understand? Because the need to understand is exactly what prevents them from experiencing it. It's not logic, it can't be analyzed, it's different for every person, and yes, it IS definitely something mystical, no matter what explanation you try attaching to it. We humans are mystical beings, so why shy away from that definition? I could bombard you with my advice as a so called creative type, but that would hardly be helpful. Just stop your expectations of what creativity is supposed to be like, and the rest kind of takes care of itself. And yes, I am aware of the delicious irony of that last sentence. You just can't argue with those crazy artists ;) <em>Vitor - The Fractal Forest's last blog post..<a href='http://fractalforest.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/and-then-the-moon-turned-red/'>And then the Moon Turned Red</a></em> Why do so called non-creative types (as if there was such a thing) don’t understand? Because the need to understand is exactly what prevents them from experiencing it.

It’s not logic, it can’t be analyzed, it’s different for every person, and yes, it IS definitely something mystical, no matter what explanation you try attaching to it. We humans are mystical beings, so why shy away from that definition?

I could bombard you with my advice as a so called creative type, but that would hardly be helpful. Just stop your expectations of what creativity is supposed to be like, and the rest kind of takes care of itself.

And yes, I am aware of the delicious irony of that last sentence. You just can’t argue with those crazy artists ;)

Vitor – The Fractal Forest’s last blog post..And then the Moon Turned Red

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