While the study of psychology has offered little in the way of explaining the creative process, Koestler examines the idea that we are at our most creative when rational thought is suspended--for example, in dreams and trancelike states. All who read The Act of Creation will find it a compelling and illuminating book.
...highly recommend it for anyone interested in the mind of man and what man does when he discovers or creates works of art...
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Language:
English
Length:
752 pages
Author:
Arthur Koestler