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6 Notions of creativity

6 Notions of creativity. James Hillman. 5 instincts. SCARE hunger sexuality drive to activity reflection creativity. It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind..

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6 Notions of creativity

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  1. 6 Notions of creativity James Hillman

  2. 5 instincts • SCARE • hunger • sexuality • drive to activity • reflection • creativity

  3. It was six men of Indostan To learning much inclined, Who went to see the Elephant (Though all of them were blind), That each by observation Might satisfy his mind.. John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)

  4. Order is good; order is God; God is good. • one right way, one truth. • father archetype shows method and hierarchy • Rational, Apollo as god of management

  5. new must sever with the old • Creativity becomes primal power itself • destroy the old to create the new • lives best at the destructive frontier • creates counter order • Mature means • ART • immature • Agression • greed

  6. success/fame • creative is perceived through the persona (mask) • creativity identified with eminence • Up to the top • ideas -> mythic importance • celebrity • outward • mask > persona • Danger is loss self • life -> symbolic

  7. creation is novelty • bound to time directed towards future • time's enemy • or as time's child • be original • Stereotype: youthful hero • Action • hope • optimism • growth • joy • play • humorous

  8. problem solving • Promethean theft of fuel to create new forms • ego originates against the Gods • patient attention and hard work • inventive • resourceful • Rational with idea: • Man over nature • Everything is possible

  9. cyclic like seasons • the creative is an external source • nourishing and regenerating • subject to periodic barrenness • mother archetype • Creative is an unconscious process • disciplined • renewal • Experimenting • probing • Gaia • patient • sacrificing

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