Creative
imagination is not identical to fantasy in the ordinary meaning
of the word. Empiricists may criticise imagination in favour of
facts, but creative imagination in its full capacity such as in
the case of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart or Niels Bohr, has nothing
to do with wishful thinking or delusions. Creative imagination
combines the act of 'seeing' with the act of creating. It lives
in a mental and emotional attitude which is both passive and active.
Creative imagination is able to view the world in its manifold
layers, and to extract something special form the world, according
to its own trade and specific talent. By extracting something
special, the imagination is able to respond to its time. Creative
imagination is a human activity, in which various dimensions of
intellect and senstivity merge into a work of art, a scientific
or philosophical discovery, a dance or a song. Creative imagination
is not a homogeneous operation of human intelligence. It comprises
spontaneous intuition, abstract reasoning, pragmatic intelligence,
instinctual knowledge, personal sub-consciousness and collective
unconsciousness. A prerequisite for creativity is a certain fluidity
between the various layers of human intelligence, notably between
conscious and unconscious desires, images, smells and sounds...
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