The Universal Structures and Dynamics of Creativity: Maharishi, Plato, Jung and Various Creative Geniuses on the Creative Process

Shear, Jonathan

doi:10.1002/j.2162-6057.1982.tb00331.x

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“…The product-centered cognitive orientation to creativity predominates in mainstream Western psychology, with emphasis on processes of problem-solving, divergent thinking, decision-making and action on the external world (Lubart, 1999). The Eastern view sees creativity as a process leading to a state of personal fulfillment, a connection to the primordial realm, or the expression of an inner essence or ultimate reality (Aron & Aron, 1982;Hallman, 1970;Mathur, 1982;Sherr, 1982). The processes of self-reflection and contemplation are of salience which help one to achieve transforming experiences, spiritual self-realization and awakening (Krippner & Arons, 1973).…”

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Through Multiple Lenses: Implicit Theories of Creativity Among Indian Children and Adults*

Sen

Sharma

2011

Journal of Creative Behavior

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This constructivist qualitative enquiry reveals a multiplicity of implicit theories of creativity extant in Indian culture with generic and domain specific usage of indigenous terms. Creativity was dominantly construed as a faculty of the nature of 'pratibha', in keeping with Indian philosophical thought, and with reference to the self, with participants invoking the holistic self, cognitive self, experiential/ emotional self and physical self to describe creativity. The sense of creativity in these seemingly disparate, self-based construals, the uncovering of which is the unique contribution of this study, derived from the person's experience of a sense of agency, rather than merely the production of novelty per se. This emphasis on process; novelty being central for some but epiphenomenal for others; the varied meanings of 'newness'; experiencing creativity as self-expression, self-extension, self-fulfillment and self-actualization; and equating creativity with the act of learning reflect distinctive elements of implicit theories that have emerged in this study.

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Through Multiple Lenses: Implicit Theories of Creativity Among Indian Children and Adults*

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Sharma

2011

Journal of Creative Behavior

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“…Plato repeatedly addressed the theme of creativity in different texts. Various aspects of this theme have become the subject of analysis in the modern works (Carson, 2018;Daniels-McGhee & Davis, 1994;Kačerauskas, 2008;Kozinets, 2016;Scott, 2011;Shear, 1982;Taliaferro & Varie, 2018;Tanasić, 2016;Wheeler, 1969).…”

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Comprehension of Creativity in the Context of the Correlation of Plato’s Philosophy, Theories of Fractals and Archetypes

Stoletov

2022

Creativity Studies

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The study examines the creative process using the logical and methodological analysis of Plato’s concepts. It presents the modern scientific research related directly or indirectly to his philosophical views (the structural analogy method, the theory of archetypes and fractals and many others). A number of modern studies and concepts, such as the theory of fractals, evolutionary epistemology, the concept of autopoiesis, and others, confirm Plato’s views on the structure of the world and creativity. For this reason, the authors define creativity as the activity of a rational and social subject to produce a qualitatively new thing based on universal patterns of the fractal and archetype nature in accordance with the ideal. This activity needs in creativeness which is the state of love as a creative force arising from social interaction as a desire to create and expand space for life, connecting space inside the subject of creativity and outside it, creating a resonance between the creative self and other persons.

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“…Despite the difficulties which are apparent if researchers attempt metacreativity inquiry, in recent years more evidence is emerging in metacognition and creativity which makes for other methods of study. Some components of methodology in metacognition (Sternberg, 1982), in studies of states of consciousness (Aron & Aron, 1982;Shear, 1982), and in the more subtle aspects of the "further reaches of creativity" (Torrance & Hall, 1980) offer means for examining the concept of metacreativity and various aspects thereof. Studies of information processing, "executive processing" functions, brain hemisphericity and integration, and metacognition present leads for the study of rnetacreativity.…”

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“…These qualities, most often found in the periods of relaxed attention (as in the C model of Creative Characteristics described later), may be amenable to examination by certain physiological measures. Studies using Transcendental Meditation states of consciousness have shown relationships between these states and physiological measures (Aron & Aron, 1982;Shear, 1982).…”

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Metacreativity: Awareness of Thoughts and Feelings During Creative Experiences

Bruch¹

1988

Journal of Creative Behavior

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The Universal Structures and Dynamics of Creativity: Maharishi, Plato, Jung and Various Creative Geniuses on the Creative Process

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Through Multiple Lenses: Implicit Theories of Creativity Among Indian Children and Adults*

Through Multiple Lenses: Implicit Theories of Creativity Among Indian Children and Adults*

Comprehension of Creativity in the Context of the Correlation of Plato’s Philosophy, Theories of Fractals and Archetypes

Metacreativity: Awareness of Thoughts and Feelings During Creative Experiences

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