The Creative Act Arises Out

Creativity Arises Out Of The Tension Between Spontaneity And Limitations, The Latter (like The River Banks) Forcing The Spontaneity Into The Various Forms Which Are Essential To The Work Of Art Or Poem.

The Value Of Dreams, Like ... Divinations, Is Not That They Give A Specific Answer, But That They Open Up New Areas Of Psychic Reality, Shake Us Out Of Our Customary Ruts, And Throw Light On A New Segment Of Our Lives. Thus The Sayings Of The Shrine, Like Dreams, Were Not To Be Received Passively; The Recipients Had To "live" Themselves Into The Message.

In Any Age Courage Is The Simple Virtue Needed For A Human Being To Traverse The Rocky Road From Infancy To Maturity Of Personality. But In An Age Of Anxiety, An Age Of Herd Morality And Personal Isolation, Courage Is A Sine Qua Non. In Periods When The Mores Of The Society Were More Consistent Guides, The Individual Was More Firmly Cushioned In His Crises Of Development; But In Times Of Transition Like Ours, The Individual Is Thrown On His Own At An Earlier Age And For A Longer Period.

Communication Leads To Community That Is, To Understanding, Intimacy, And The Mutual Valuing That Was Previously Lacking. Community Can Be Defined Simply As A Group In Which Free Conversation Can Take Place. Community Is Where I Can Share My Innermost Thoughts, Bring Out The Depths Of My Own Feelings, And Know They Will Be Understood.

That Because Of This Interplay Of Conscious And Unconscious Factors In Guilt And The Impossibility Of Legalistic Blame, We Are Forced Into An Attitude Of Acceptance Of The Universal Human Situation And A Recognition Of The Participation Of Every One Of Us In Man's Inhumanity To Man.