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Creative Process (#1) The Legacy
Guest articles > Creative Process (#1) The Legacy
by: Barbara Bowen
The creative process is, fundamentally, and organizing force.
The force produces patterns that underlie all physical and nonphysical things.
The creative process can be imagined as an invisible spider, weaving an endless
web throughout all creation. Carl Jung envisioned our individual unconscious as
born stocked with patterns of shared memory inherited from collective cultures
of the deep past. These patterns are revealed, he noted, through our dream
images, behavior and creative expressions.
The patterns of the creative process
form the supporting structure for all learning, innovation, strategy and
implementation. They generate all personal and collective power, for good or
ill. The creative process calls into being what has yet to exist.
We are not alone.
All highly creative people experience the universal high-low patterns of the
creative process. Universal themes lend insight into our unique relationship to
these highs and lows. This empowers us to harness what works and to let go of
what doesn't. Whether we're creating a story, a business, a portfolio, a new
cure for disease, a rocket ship or a film, understanding the common joys and
pitfalls of creating can help tremendously in building momentum and efficiency
in our own personal work habits.
Who is responsible?
Our Greek and Roman ancestors claimed that invisible spirits were responsible
for the resulting brilliance or failure of the project in question, not the
actual person who created it. It was only later, during the Age of Reason, that
creative brilliance was identified with its human creator. Some believe this
conceptual transfer has produced a can of contemporary worms regarding personal
fears of success, failure and responsibility. Interesting question...
The highs of creating
and the success or failure of projects do carry significant risks. The troubled
genius, high and raging at the moon or hiding under covers, is often how our
creators are still characterized. Though many gifted writers and others have
lived this profile, it seems a tragic and avoidable scenario in need of change.
Even the most gifted creators can avoid careening off pedestals into pits, if
their powers are managed in healthy ways. I believe that a balanced and
fulfilled life hardly destroys brilliance, but rather empowers it.
There is mystery in this process.
While the entity theories of our Greek and Roman ancestors might seem bizarre,
we must admit that most of us, from time to time, experience (or witness) the
creative process as a transporting and transcendent phenomenon--as if born to
another world. This is one of the most fascinating, elusive, confounding, and
even dangerous aspects of creating.
Article by Barbara Bowen, founder of: http://www.GatewaysCoaching.com -- the definitive source for Creativity Coaching and Gateways to Action http://www.GatewayToAction.blogspot.com Email Barbara your questions about creativity and art career coaching, or creative action projects through her Web sites. She would love to hear from you.
Contributor: Barbara Bowen
Published here on: 02-Aug-09
Classification: Creativity
Website: http://www.GatewaysCoaching.com