The Unconscious and Creativity
Sebastian Krüger
Professor Fransisco Mata
Ethics 1st Semester 2013
2013-12-13
The Unconscious & Creativity
An essay about the relationship between the unconscious and being creative
Sebastian Krüger
Sebastian Krüger
Professor Fransisco Mata
Ethics 1st Semester 2013
2013-12-13
Introduction
A time ago I started to look at all my biggest creative influences in different areas such as entrepreneurship, music and arts. I quickly found out that they all had one thing in common, they all practiced different kinds of conscience expanding methods like meditating or using drugs. Now some people argue that these people tend to behavior like this due to the stress of being in the center of attention. However I couldn’t settle with that explanation as I know that many of these people live very healthy and rewarding lives. So I dug deeper into it and discovered some interesting similarities between creativity and the unconscious. If you have ever experienced a creative flow you would probably have a hard time explaining what actually happened. People often mention that when in their creative flow they experience that time stops and they just gets absorbed by the moment. Another common explanation is the experience of seeing a light coming towards them as they approach their revelation. Does this sound similar to something else maybe? Spiritual and religious revelations are often described in the exact same way. So why is that, what does these two phenomena have in common? The theory that connects these two experiences is the one about the unconscious. Communication with the unconscious has many times being described as meeting with God, since they both gives a feeling of spiritual revelation. In this essay I will take a look at different aspects of the unconscious and how it relates to creativity.
Creativity
I would like to start this essay with explaining creativity, as this is a topic that has a lot of misunderstandings around itself.
Professor Fransisco Mata
Ethics 1st Semester 2013
2013-12-13
The Unconscious & Creativity
An essay about the relationship between the unconscious and being creative
Sebastian Krüger
Sebastian Krüger
Professor Fransisco Mata
Ethics 1st Semester 2013
2013-12-13
Introduction
A time ago I started to look at all my biggest creative influences in different areas such as entrepreneurship, music and arts. I quickly found out that they all had one thing in common, they all practiced different kinds of conscience expanding methods like meditating or using drugs. Now some people argue that these people tend to behavior like this due to the stress of being in the center of attention. However I couldn’t settle with that explanation as I know that many of these people live very healthy and rewarding lives. So I dug deeper into it and discovered some interesting similarities between creativity and the unconscious. If you have ever experienced a creative flow you would probably have a hard time explaining what actually happened. People often mention that when in their creative flow they experience that time stops and they just gets absorbed by the moment. Another common explanation is the experience of seeing a light coming towards them as they approach their revelation. Does this sound similar to something else maybe? Spiritual and religious revelations are often described in the exact same way. So why is that, what does these two phenomena have in common? The theory that connects these two experiences is the one about the unconscious. Communication with the unconscious has many times being described as meeting with God, since they both gives a feeling of spiritual revelation. In this essay I will take a look at different aspects of the unconscious and how it relates to creativity.
Creativity
I would like to start this essay with explaining creativity, as this is a topic that has a lot of misunderstandings around itself.
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