I picked up The Soul of Creativity by Tona Pearce Myers (ed) this morning, and as I habitually do, I began skimming the foreward only to find myself entrenched. I will share with you the first paragraphs:
In the Courage to Create, psychoanalyst Rollo May states, "If you do not express you own original ideas, if you do not listen to your own being, you will have betrayed yourself."
In order to tap the uniquely creative in ourselves, it is important to honor the four ways of deep listening: intuition, perception, insight, and vision. Many indigenous cultures recognize that intuition is the source that sparks eternal seeing (perception), internal viewing (insight), and holistic seeing (vision). For these societies, paying attention to these modes of seeing is a way to honor the sacred and fire the creative fire. We extend respect to our creative, visionary process when we give voice to what we see or sense. The Soul of Creativity impels us to bring our voice and creativity into the world.
-Arrien, Angeles. "The Four Ways of Creativity." The Soul of Creativity. New World Library. 1999.
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