Memo

Creativity and the techniques by which the artist
Can refine his or her vision
Expand the vision
Communicate the vision
And before I get into that issue
I thought I would talk a little bit about my notion
Of creativity per say, what is it in and of itself
And when I think Like that of course I cast my mind back to nature
Nature is the great visible engine of creativity
Against which all other creative efforts are measured
And creativity in nature has a curious distribution
It's something which accumulates through time...

It was a plenum, it was without character or characteristics
It is in what hindu mythology is called a toriah, which is described
As attribute-less. And naturally if something is without attribution
You can't say much about it. It takes a while for it to undergo a declension
Into more creative realms. And these creative realms are distinguished as
Domains of difference...

And through the light of the universe
As temperatures have fallen, more and more complex compound structures
Have arisen. And though there's been many a slipping back
In this process, over very large spans of time we can say
That creativity is conserved. That the universe becomes more creative
And out of that state of creative fecundity, more creativity...

Terence McKenna - Opening the doors of Creativity