Creativity Paradoxes Reflect (P)

Essays from, among others, playwright Edward Albee, analyst Joseph Henderson, actor Lee Marvin, scientist Linus Pauling, novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer, critic and philosopher Jacques Barzun, literary critic Norman Sherry, and poet Naomi Nye on the creative life, focusing on the paradoxes and reflections of creativity: autobiography, literary biography, music, science, drama, poetry, storytelling, criticism, parageography, and warTable of ContentsJacques Barzun - A Teacher Critic "The Paradoxes of Creativity"Isaac Bashevis Singer - A Storyteller "Images and Stories"Naomi Shihab Nye - A Poet "Discovering Ourselves Through Words: Pajamas in the Wind"Lee Marvin - An Actor "People Need People: Greater Consciousness of Human Values"Linus Pauling - A Scientist "An Extraordinary Life: An Autobiographical Ramble"Joseph L. Henderson - A Jungian Psychologist on Religion "Symbolic Contents of the Inner World of Imagery"Anthony Stevens - A Jungian Psychologist on War "War and Creativity"Norman Sherry - A Literary Biographer "Confessions of a Literary Detective: Following in the Footsteps of Joseph Conrad in the Far East and Africa"Peter Ostwald - A Psychiatric Biographer "Life and Music of Robert Schumann: On Keeping Music and Musicians Alive and Well"Douglass Parker - A Parageographer "Places for Anything: Building Imaginary Worlds"Edward Albee - A Playwright "A Playwright and Contemporary Society: A Discussion"