John blogs about creativity
Wondered where the phrase “the will to death” came from? Wondering how John sees what motivates the artists to create and what is the process behind the creative process? Either way, he’s blogged about it and it’s a long read that’s absolutely worth your attention.
It’s not possible to write a synopsis of this, so here’s the only paragraph that could stand on its own:
The creative force is produce of the life force, but our judgement of the life force is based on our perception of its effects, its surface, everything that happens in the external world we know. The closest we come to seeing the essence of the life force is in our perception of the creative force. In works of art, the creative force provides addition and multiplication.The creative force is assisted by human intelligence through our devotion to division and negation, and so, symbolically, from the standpoint of human intelligence, the act of creativity is a striving towards death. The reason creative action can be a fulfilling life enriching thing, is because our creative thinking is negation only on the thoughts surface, the thoughts essence being identical with the wishes of the essence of the life force.
To read the entire entry, click here. Hope it motivates you to create, whether you agree with the maestro’s views or not.
