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1am grateful to these colleagues who suffered
my questions and allowed me to include their
thoughts. We hal'e, together, dipped a toe into
the ocean of creativity. For some the \rater is
cold and dark. Others find it exhilarating. Differences not withstanding, all are drawn to the
water from a deep personal need to create.
I end much as I began, pondering a mystery which affects all of our professional lives.
So why even consider the subject if there are
no answers? 1offer one more quote in defense
of our exploration:
"On()' tbe most naive of questions are
tmO' serious. Tbey are tbe questions
with no answers. A question with no
answer is a barrier tbat can't be
reached. In other words, it is questions
with no answers tbat set tbe limits of
human possibilities, describe tbe
boundaries ofhuman existence."
Milan Kundera

2. John D. Barrow, Tbe Artfut Universe (Oxford:
Oxford niversity Press, 1995) 105.

II. Carol Ann Beeman,jusl Tbis Side a/Madness: Creativily alld Ibe Drive 10 Creale ( niversity of Central Arkansas Press, 1991).

5. Tbe Milld 0/ God and Otber JIIusillgs, 23.
6. Hugh Kenner in a rel'iell' of Tbe First Iitodems.
Nell' rork Times Book Rel'iew,June 29,199 .

. Tbe Cbrollicfe 0/ Higber EduCfltion, Internet
news bulletin. July 10,1997.
8. Calvin Tompkins, "The ~lal'erick," Nell'
}1Jrker,July7,1997: 41.

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Beeb Salzer keeps bis creative juices
flowing by writing, teacbing, painting,
and designing scenelJ' and lighting.

10. See chapter three, "Creativity and the ncon-

4.Richard]. Durbin quoted in the Vew York
Times, July 9.1997.

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Special thanks to Tony lValton, George
Tsypin, Ralpb Funicello and Beeb Salzer
for providing examples oftbeir creativity.

I. Shirley A. Jones, ed. 77Je Milld 0/ God alld
Otber JIIusings (San Rafael, CA: New World
Library, 1994) 38.

3.John D. Barrow, Pi in tbeSky: Coulltillg,
77Jinking, and Beillg, (Oxford: Oxford niversity Press, 1992) 164.

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9. Robert Root-Bernstein, "For the Sake of Science, the Arts Deserve Support," 7YJe Cbrolliete
o/Higber Educalion,July 11,1997: B6.

scious," in Rollo ~lay, Tbe Courage 10 Creale
(New York: W.w. Norton and Company, 19 5).

12. Natalie Angiel; "An Old Idea About Genius
Wins New Scientific Support," New }1Jrk
Times, October 12, 1993: B5.
13. Albert Rothenberg, 77Je Emerging Goddess:
77Je Crealive Process ill Arl. Sciellce alld
Olber Fields (Chicago: nil'ersity of Chicago
Press, 19 9).
14. See chapter, "Creatil'ity and Sexuality," by
Joyce ~IcDougall in "The Spectrum of Psychoanalysis," Internet citation from International
Unil'ersities Press, Inc.
IS. Tbe Emergillg Goddess, 4 -50, 3 2.

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