Just loved reading this. The comments about necessity, which easily curtails freedom by suggesting creativity's purpose is to respond to what is, were especially liberating to me. Very glad to know about this philosopher/thinker. Thank you!
This is so spot on for where I'm at! Synchronicity at play 🤗 Thank you for sharing about this philosopher I hadn't heard of before.
Today, I just finished writing a piece entitled 'DIY Revolution - revolution of heart', regarding the need to reassert authority over our own thinking and thoughts, to prise back agency from the machine and become creators of our own life experience instead of settling in as passive consumers of recycled twaddle, spewed out by the algorithm on a daily basis. It's a bit concerning that not much appears to have changed from his day to ours except the advance in technology 🤔
I'll have to check him out. He's echoing with J.G. Bennett and The Dramatic Universe. (Which is a fascinating, tho tedious at times, read. Would start with Volume 2 rather than Volume 1 if you want to give it a go.)
And is not the conquering of the bondage and necessities of incarnation also a creative act? The materiality of Life, burdensome as it may be, is also part of the human experience and fosters the growth of the spirit. Disconnection from or rejection of that can and has led to madness in creative geniuses. Ultimately, the creative spirit in Man must find a balance with the requirements of physical incarnation, attending to and honouring each.
“We cannot understand the creative secret of being in a passive way, in an atmosphere of obedience to the world’s heavy materialism. It can be understood only actively, in the atmosphere of the creative act itself.” His words ache and heal simultaneously- thank you!
If a poet’s work only “responds to what is,” is he being reactive in a clever or grammatically creative way while avoiding creativity in the in the sense of rising above necessity? This passage is like a soaring bird, moved and pushed by contrary winds, darting and diving, rising, falling, pushed hither and yon. After four readings I’m still not sure I understand; I’m getting thick in my dotage.
this adds a very key element in the discussion of freedom-- the creative act. it is very valuable to read an analysis of freedom and bondage from someone as astute as this; creative people are always looking for another door to escape the gross material world.
Just loved reading this. The comments about necessity, which easily curtails freedom by suggesting creativity's purpose is to respond to what is, were especially liberating to me. Very glad to know about this philosopher/thinker. Thank you!
This is so spot on for where I'm at! Synchronicity at play 🤗 Thank you for sharing about this philosopher I hadn't heard of before.
Today, I just finished writing a piece entitled 'DIY Revolution - revolution of heart', regarding the need to reassert authority over our own thinking and thoughts, to prise back agency from the machine and become creators of our own life experience instead of settling in as passive consumers of recycled twaddle, spewed out by the algorithm on a daily basis. It's a bit concerning that not much appears to have changed from his day to ours except the advance in technology 🤔
I'll have to check him out. He's echoing with J.G. Bennett and The Dramatic Universe. (Which is a fascinating, tho tedious at times, read. Would start with Volume 2 rather than Volume 1 if you want to give it a go.)
"With freedom comes great responsibility." ~ E.R.
And is not the conquering of the bondage and necessities of incarnation also a creative act? The materiality of Life, burdensome as it may be, is also part of the human experience and fosters the growth of the spirit. Disconnection from or rejection of that can and has led to madness in creative geniuses. Ultimately, the creative spirit in Man must find a balance with the requirements of physical incarnation, attending to and honouring each.
“We cannot understand the creative secret of being in a passive way, in an atmosphere of obedience to the world’s heavy materialism. It can be understood only actively, in the atmosphere of the creative act itself.” His words ache and heal simultaneously- thank you!
Thank you! Eager to read his books.
Good stuff, great find. Thanks.
"We cannot understand the creative secret of being in a passive way, in an atmosphere of obedience to the world’s heavy materialism."
If a poet’s work only “responds to what is,” is he being reactive in a clever or grammatically creative way while avoiding creativity in the in the sense of rising above necessity? This passage is like a soaring bird, moved and pushed by contrary winds, darting and diving, rising, falling, pushed hither and yon. After four readings I’m still not sure I understand; I’m getting thick in my dotage.
Wow. This is a call to arms.
To know creativity, be creative. Simply be a 'creatively active person'.
Write a poem, knit, build a garden. Don't worry about being good at it.
We all owe it to ourselves to transcend the necessities of this world even for a short while
Grande Berdiaev. Io studiai molto il suo grande amico Šestov.
this adds a very key element in the discussion of freedom-- the creative act. it is very valuable to read an analysis of freedom and bondage from someone as astute as this; creative people are always looking for another door to escape the gross material world.
Thank you. "Only the free man creates"
Thank you
Man, this is just what I needed to read this morning.