Bunny Paine-Clemes

Creative Synergy


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      Bunny Paine-Clemes, PhD

      Copyright © 2015

      by Bunny Paine-Clemes, PhD

      1st Printing, March 2015

      Printed in the U.S.A.

      4th Dimension Press is an Imprint of A.R.E. Press

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

      4th Dimension Press

      215 67th Street

      Virginia Beach, VA 23451-2061

      ISBN 13: 978-0-87604-813-9

      Cover design by Christine Fulcher

      Print made by William Blake 1757-1827

      Repository title: Europe. A Prophecy, Plate 1, Frontispiece 1794

      Color-printed relief etching in dark brown with pen and black ink, oil and watercolor

      Sheet: 14 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (37.5 x 26.7 cm)

      Plate: 9 1/8 x 6 5/8 inches (23.2 x 16.8 cm)

      Spine: 15 3/8 inches (39.1 cm)

      Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

      3878 - B1992.8.4(1)

       Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Preface

       The Mystery of Creativity

       Organization of the Book

       How to Use This Book

       Introduction

       Why Study Creativity?

       Exercises

       Theory: Basic Assumptions and Concepts

       Synergistic Interlude: “The Golden Key”

       Chapter 1: What is Creativity?

       The Process of Creativity

       The Aspects of Creativity

       The Creative Personality

       Additional Characteristics of Creativity

       What is Creativity?

       The Paradox of Creativity

       Exercises

       Synergistic Interlude: “Down the Rabbit Hole”

       Chapter 2: A New Paradigm for Creativity?

       The Issue with Paradigms

       Paradigms for Creativity

       A History Lesson: The Paradigm Shift

       Specialization vs. the Interdisciplinary Approach

       Integral Creativity

       Mystical Creativity: “The Force”

       Creative Synergy

       Exercises

       Synergistic Interlude: “The Lost Coin”

       Chapter 3: The Process: Synthesis + Energy = Synergy

       Definitions

       A Ten-Step Process

       Conclusion

       Exercises

       Synergistic Interlude: “Humpty Dumpty”

       Chapter 4: Ken Wilber’s Integral Operating System

       The Integral Operating System: Five Aspects

       The First Aspect: The Quadrants

       The Second Aspect: Lines

       The Third Aspect: Levels