It's a lifting up, out of our bodies, to a place where we hone in on something deeper than the surface world we normally inhabit. Some call it glimpsing the devine. Others say it's witnessing our true self, our essence of being. Taoists call it the Way, or Tao. Zen Buddhists call it Satori, or an art and path to enlightenment.
Psychotherapists call it shedding the ego.
Psychologist and author, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, calls it being in the flow, or being in a state of optimal experince. Artist's Way author, Julia Cameron, calls it encountering our higher creative self. Writer Henry Miller describes it as a metaphysical voyage of discovery, where the paths between the upper and lower worlds join. The aim of this page is to provoke thought about the creative process, offer perspectives on it from various writers and artists, and provide an opportunity for viewers to comment on this page's affect and content. Please see the links to the left.