On Creativity

by David Bohm

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Creativity is fundamental to human experience. In On Creativity David Bohm, the world-renowned scientist, investigates the phenomenon from all sides: not only the creativity of invention and of imagination but also that of perception and of discovery. This is a remarkable and life-affirming book by one of the most far-sighted thinkers of modern times.

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SOBRE LA CREATIVIDAD

He aquí un libro fascinante que explora a
fondo el cada vez más vigente tema de la
creatividad, J autor, no sólo se enfrenta a la
creatividad latente en toda mente humana,
sino que examina y aclara la presencia de
la creatividad en la naturaleza y en el universo,
Se trata de manifestaciones distintas
de un mismo y misterioso dinamismo

También hay una creatividad común en
el arte, la ciencia, el espíritu religioso e incluso
en mil aspectos de la vida cotidiana

Existe una estética de la investigación científica,
igual que existe una "ciencia" de la creación estética.

Desgraciadamente, existen también una serie de bloqueos culturales y de
dualismos -abstracto/concreto, intelecto/intuición, show more interior/exterior
absoluto/relativo- que son los que se oponen al desarrollo natural
de la creatividad. Más aún, la agilidad de la mente humana viene sofocada
por la apatía social y por lo que el autor denomina "fantasías
mecánicas". El resultado es que se considera como "normal" lo que es
un verdadero estado de subdesarrollo creativo.

David Bohm, figura de renombre mundial en física teórica, es autor,
entre otros libros, de La totalidad y el orden implicado, Sobre el
diálogo, Ciencia, orden y creatividad o Los límites del pensamiento
(todos ellos publicados por Kairós).
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Canonical title
On Creativity
Original title
On Creativity
Original publication date
1998
First words
FOREWORD
On Creativity surveys two decades of David Bohm’s reflections on what distinguishes creative processes from those which are merely mechanical. While much of the material in the volume explores the nature of hu... (show all)man creativity, Bohm throughout links mind to the realm of natural process, ultimately suggesting that manifestations of creativity in humankind are not merely similar to the creative processes of nature.
1 ON CREATIVITY
Creativity is, in my view, something that it is impossible to define in words. How, then, can we talk about it? Words can indicate or point to something in the minds of the readers that may be similar to... (show all) what is in the mind of the writer. I would like, thus, to indicate to the reader what creativity means to me. If you will read in this spirit, you can then see whether, and to what extent, my notions make sense to you.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The basic idea of this dialogue is to be able to talk while suspending your opinions, holding them in front of you, while neither suppressing them nor insisting upon them. Not trying to convince, but simply to understand. The first thing is that we must perceive all the meanings of everybody together, without having to make any decisions or saying who’s right and who’s wrong. It is more important that we all see the same
thing. That will create a new frame of mind in which there is a common consciousness. It is a kind of implicate order, where each one enfolds the whole consciousness. With the common consciousness we then have something new—a new kind of intelligence.
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English

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Genres
Nonfiction, Philosophy, Science & Nature, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
153.35Philosophy & psychologyPsychologyConscious mental processes and intelligenceCreativity And VisualizationCreativity
LCC
BH301 .C84 .B65Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionAestheticsAestheticsSpecial topics
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