Nosatisfactorywayexiststoexplainhowtoformagoodidea.Youthinkaboutaproblemuntilyou'retiredforgetitmaybesleeponitandthenflash!Whenyouaren'tthinkingaboutitsuddenlytheanswerarrivesasagiftfromt
Nosatisfactorywayexiststoexplainhowtoformagoodidea.Youthinkaboutaproblemuntilyou'retiredforgetitmaybesleeponitandthenflash!Whenyouaren'tthinkingaboutitsuddenlytheanswerarrivesasagiftfromthegods.
Ofcourseallideasdon'toccurlikethatbutsomanydoparticularlythemostimportantones.Theyburstintothemindglowingwiththeheatofcreation.Howtheydoitisamysterybuttheymustcomefromsomewhere.Let'sassumetheycomefromthe"unconscious."Thisisreasonableforpsychologistsusethistermtodescribementalprocesseswhichareunknowntotheindividual.Creativethoughtdependsonwhatwasunknownbecomingknown.
Allofushaveexperiencedthissuddenarrivalofanewideabutitiseasiesttoexamineitinthegreatcreativepersonalitiesmanyofwhomexperienceditinanintensifiedformandhavewrittenitdownintheirlifestoriesandletters.Onecandrawexamplesfromgeniusinanyfieldfromreligionphilosophyandliteraturetoartandmusiceveninmathematicsscienceandtechnicalinventionalthoughtheseareoftenthoughttodependonlyonlogicandexperiment.Alltrulycreativeactivitiesdependinsomedegreeonthesesignalsfromtheunconsciousandthemorehighlyinsightfulthepersonisthesharperandmoredramaticthesignalsbecome.
AtypeofcreativeexperienceisillustratedbythedreamswhichcametoDescartesattheageoftwenty-threeanddeterminedhislifepath.Descarteshadunsuccessfullysearchedforcertaintyfirstintheworldofbooksandthenintheworldofmen.TheninadreamonNovember101619hemadethesignificantdiscoverythathecouldonlyfindcertaintyinhisownthoughtscogitoergosum("Ithink;thereforeIexist").Thisdreamfilledhimwithintensereligiousenthusiasm.
Descartes'experienceisrepresentativeofcountlessothersineveryfieldofculture.Theunconsciousiscertainlythesourceofinstinctiveactivity.Butincreativethoughttheunconsciousisresponsiblefortheproductionofneworganizedformsfromrelativelydisorganizedelements
1.Goodideascomefrom______accordingtothewriter
A.theunconscious
B.creativeactivities
C.dreams
D.logicandexperiments