Book contents
- The Creative Trance
- The Creative Trance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Pervasive State of Trance
- Chapter 1 The Multifaceted Creative Trance
- Chapter 2 Consciousness and Creativity Theory in the Creative Trance
- Chapter 3 Unconscious Origins of the Creative Trance
- Chapter 4 Empathy and Dissociation in the Creative Trance
- Chapter 5 Evolution, Altered States, and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 6 The Creative Trance and the Brain
- Chapter 7 Dynamics of the Creative Trance
- Chapter 8 Dyslexia, Attention-Deficit Disorder, and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 9 Illness and Transformation in the Creative Trance
- Chapter 10 Different Abilities and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 11 Dementia and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 12 Altered States of a Lifesaving Creative Trance
- References
- Index
Chapter 8 - Dyslexia, Attention-Deficit Disorder, and the Creative Trance
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 June 2022
- The Creative Trance
- The Creative Trance
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction The Pervasive State of Trance
- Chapter 1 The Multifaceted Creative Trance
- Chapter 2 Consciousness and Creativity Theory in the Creative Trance
- Chapter 3 Unconscious Origins of the Creative Trance
- Chapter 4 Empathy and Dissociation in the Creative Trance
- Chapter 5 Evolution, Altered States, and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 6 The Creative Trance and the Brain
- Chapter 7 Dynamics of the Creative Trance
- Chapter 8 Dyslexia, Attention-Deficit Disorder, and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 9 Illness and Transformation in the Creative Trance
- Chapter 10 Different Abilities and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 11 Dementia and the Creative Trance
- Chapter 12 Altered States of a Lifesaving Creative Trance
- References
- Index
Summary
Whatever affects the brain structures the creative trance, and what we view as imperfections may instead be alternate pathways to achievement. None of us is perfect, but as Jung says, we have an inner dynamic wholeness that transcends perfection and fuels self-evolution. The creative people in this chapter use dyslexia and attention deficit disorder, now known as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), to access their wholeness, and this, in turn, drives and shapes their creative trance. Eminent writers with dyslexia include Agatha Christie, William Butler Yeats, Jules Verne, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Amadeus Mozart and Frank Lloyd Wright used the reveries of ADHD to create completed works in their minds, and Leonardo da Vinci who had both dyslexia and ADHD changed the course of Western art history. What makes life most difficult can also inspire strength, innovation, and genius. As the poet Emily Dickinson writes, “A wounded deer leaps the highest.”
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- The Creative TranceAltered States of Consciousness and the Creative Process, pp. 112 - 129Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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