The Act of Creation

Ranked #94 in Creativity

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. less

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Adam Robinson [One of five books that confirm] there is far, far more in our unconscious mind than is dreamt of in our philosophy. (Source)

Adam Robinson [One of five books that confirm] there is far, far more in our unconscious mind than is dreamt of in our philosophy. (Source)


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