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6 Notions of creativity James Hillman
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5 instincts SCARE hunger sexuality drive to activity reflection creativity
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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