tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post5082593971250073010..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Why is it so difficult to find a creative path - day by day, year by year...?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-17093594672825914902022-11-18T05:55:20.125+00:002022-11-18T05:55:20.125+00:00@Carol - My best advice would be to word-search th...@Carol - My best advice would be to word-search this blog for these phrases; and see if there is anything among the posts I have already written that helps to clarify things. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-49526616829001726022022-11-18T02:37:22.276+00:002022-11-18T02:37:22.276+00:00@Bruce - You know, I can totally understand that a...@Bruce - You know, I can totally understand that a person's engagement in/results of "thinking from our true selves"/"Primary Thinking" might likely be something deeply personal or 'between him and God'...<br /><br />...But honestly, I would be extremely grateful if there were a description, of some particular instance of your own engaging in such "thinking" creativity, which you would be willing to share as a specific example of 'process/results' (so to speak).<br /><br />Because, while I comprehend the concept in intuitively abstract terms - I simply cannot even imagine the 'how' of 'implementing' this sort of '"true selves", "Primary Thinking" "creativity"' -<br /> - so, even to the slightest degree, some distinct description of a practical nature (the 'doing' of it/what it 'looks' like) would be greatly appreciated!<br />Thank you,<br />Carolcaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126263938544146422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-42678513052280225772022-11-17T21:18:40.239+00:002022-11-17T21:18:40.239+00:00@J - I don't mean creativity to be understood ...@J - I don't mean creativity to be understood in the restricted sense that is usual - arts and sciences etc.; which are very much concerned with material manifestations for public consumption. <br /><br />Ultimately, creativity means something much more like thinking from our true selves - Barfield's Final Participation, or what I term Primary Thinking. It relates essentially to the spirit and divine creation. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-29871866317488888632022-11-17T21:12:25.168+00:002022-11-17T21:12:25.168+00:00Speaking of creativity, and poetry in particular, ...Speaking of creativity, and poetry in particular, reading your post today inspired me to finish off this little poem. It's something of a Brexit and anti-EU poem, though still topical/relevant as it describes the European situation as it stands. I've put it in a presentable image form you can see here—<br /><br />https://pasteboard.co/gpC4uchMtwPE.png<br /><br />The figure in the background is Concordia...<br />My poem isn't fantastic literarily speaking, but I think it's enjoyable enough and has a deeper meaning than is first apparent. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858873453982708283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-17271537430771850992022-11-17T13:31:40.063+00:002022-11-17T13:31:40.063+00:00The Ahrimanic work culture is an enormous part of ...The Ahrimanic work culture is an enormous part of it. People accept soul-crushing drudgery as the essence of life, even going so far as to see dissenters from this view as childish and immature. This crushes the self-confidence and self-appreciation essential to creativity.<br /><br />I see it in my mum, who is always happiest whenever she's doing something creative but ends up putting herself down with meaningless, arbitrary perfectionism & holding herself to external standards; and is constantly depressed by the thought that soon she'll have to go back to exhausting herself at work, which gives her a bleak view of life in general.<br /><br /> Creativity is still possible even in the conditions of an industrial and post-industrial society, however. I have a poetry collection called Iron Moon, English translations of contemporary poetry written by Chinese workers; despite its mostly bleak subject matter, the energy and quality of the poetry is excellent. And this in the midst of one of the most aggressively Ahrimanic societies. Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13858873453982708283noreply@blogger.com