Creativity and Altered States of Consciousness

I thought that this was a good reading. This talked about creativity and disease and their linkage. Whether it be mind or physical there is...

As I read through this week's blogs I was struck by Tyler's phrase, "bumbling human language." It is bumbling, isn't i...

The concept of language is one I really never gave much thought. I take it for granted that language exists, and just kind of assume it alw...

I am sorry for the short length of my blog this week. I am in the midst of moving into a new house and am trying to get this done... The rea...

Phewww ... lots of reading. Usually the connections in the readings jump out at me but this time it required a bit more thought. In the P...

In talking about the creative process I like how Hughes touches on the idea of a muse. We have covered how drugs and other mediums have allo...

Hughes Chapter Five, Seven, & Eight : The germination of ideas reminded me of Richard Dadd’s painting The Fairy Feller's Master-Str...

I found Hughes' words to be most interesting this time around. As I have blogged before, I know all too well how creativity can take co...

I liked reading about purity and innocence in the readings, although I don't think the word's "purity and innocence" were ...

Alot of key arguments were suggested about day dreaming and what we dream about. it was said that we often day dream about our fantasy's...

Ok, so listen to this---for the past two weeks i've been kind of worn out, down, depressed, etc, etc because i wasn't getting enough...

I liked the breakdown of the creative process in Wallas' model: preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification. How frustrating...

Hughes writes, “After the one percent of inspiration comes the 99 percent of perspiration” (70). This goes along with the “Aha!” factor. You...

Hughes 5 "At mundane level, most People achieve creative solution to new problems" (61) This is a quote that I picked up from the ...

One of the most interesting points Hughes mentions is the question of whether the person controls the creative process or if it is the creat...

Hughes brought up an interesting point about daydreaming and fantasies. He said first that “fantasies are the stuff of daydream or reverie,...

In this weeks reading, Pearce makes a distinction between humans and animals. I am one of those people who believes that humans are nothing ...

I enjoyed the Hughes reading this week. The Greek's are an excellent jumping off point for any discussions concerning the factors that ...

“The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listen to these murmurs that one hears the truth” – Gaston Bachelard (Hughes 60). ...

Hughes- Hughes describes that the role of creativity is seen through out the unconscious mind. I was impressed by Sigman Freud's "t...

Hypnosis was very interesting to learn about especially from Pearce. As he actually dove into the interworkings of hypnosis and says that on...

Hughes says, "For creativity is an important, perhaps the most important, form of communication"(64). I never realized how much cr...

William Blake said, "Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that call'd Body is a portion of Soul discern'd by the five se...