The creative process of contraction and expansion

The creative process of contraction and expansion

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVES The creative process of contraction and expansion Natalie Dekel and Gil Dekel [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. The Universe operates on a rhythm, a pattern. This pattern often involves a cycle...
Conceptual Blends as Spaces for creativity

Conceptual Blends as Spaces for creativity

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH Conceptual Blends as Spaces for creativity Javier Mármol Queraltó [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. How does creativity work in our minds? In this article, I will explain how our minds creatively...
What is language, and how human constraints shape it?

What is language, and how human constraints shape it?

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH What is language, and how human constraints shape it? Richard Futrell [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. Language is an example of human creativity, evolving from our ability to adapt and innovate...
Creativity of light

Creativity of light

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH Creativity of light James A. Grant-Jacob and Ben Mills [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. The play of light and matter is a daily spectacle that significantly influences our world, affecting...
Vision and reality: William Blake’s mythic system

Vision and reality: William Blake’s mythic system

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH Vision and reality: William Blake’s mythic system Susanne Sklar [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. William Blake’s mythic system is designed to change the way we think and see, to lead us into a...
The creative partnership: Kabbalah’s guide for inspiration

The creative partnership: Kabbalah’s guide for inspiration

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAYS The creative partnership: Kabbalah’s guide for inspiration Gil Dekel [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. Every so often, I meet people who feel as if there is something ‘beyond’; as if there is a...
Human creativity vs AI creativity [Infographic]

Human creativity vs AI creativity [Infographic]

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration FEATURE Human creativity vs AI creativity [Infographic] Mark Runco (text) and Gil Dekel (text and graphics) [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. While AI can generate outputs that might be perceived as...
Mastering Creativity

Mastering Creativity

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EDITORIAL Mastering creativity Natalie Dekel and Gil Dekel [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. Creativity drives innovation and offers new perspectives on the world around us. But, how do you find your...
Wonder, beyond curiosity: Vlad Glăveanu interviewed by Gil Dekel

Wonder, beyond curiosity: Vlad Glăveanu interviewed by Gil Dekel

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration INTERVIEW Wonder, beyond curiosity: Vlad Glăveanu interviewed by Gil Dekel Vlad Glăveanu and Gil Dekel [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Gil Dekel: What is ‘creativity’?… Vlad Glăveanu: Creativity is an...
The hidden realms within: Gary Lachman interviewed by Gil Dekel

The hidden realms within: Gary Lachman interviewed by Gil Dekel

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration INTERVIEW The hidden realms within: Gary Lachman interviewed by Gil Dekel Gary Lachman and Gil Dekel [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Gil Dekel: What are ‘esoteric traditions’? Gary Lachman: Each of the...
Weathering the storm: inspiration, doubts, and beauty

Weathering the storm: inspiration, doubts, and beauty

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVE Weathering the storm: inspiration, doubts, and beauty Trinity Johnson [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Creativity. Where do artists find their creativity, their muse and inspiration?  Well,...
Visualizing inspiration: the creative process of an illustrator

Visualizing inspiration: the creative process of an illustrator

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVE Visualizing inspiration: the creative process of an illustrator Matt Manley [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Creating art is a method to explore human experiences. For me, art mainly operates...
Non-traditional energy sources: research and creative thinking

Non-traditional energy sources: research and creative thinking

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EXPERT VOICES Non-traditional energy sources: research and creative thinking Colleen Josephson [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. EDITOR’S NOTE: Colleen’s study into soil batteries represents not just a...
Vision and Ekphrasis

Vision and Ekphrasis

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH Vision and Ekphrasis Mary Attwood [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. How we attend to and respond to works of art transforms not only what we see in the image before us, but what we might glimpse...
Conceptual Metaphor

Conceptual Metaphor

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH Conceptual Metaphor Marina Mandušić [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Conceptual metaphor theory suggests that our understanding of concepts is often shaped by metaphors, where we use terms from one...
The art of hand papermaking: creating from and against nature

The art of hand papermaking: creating from and against nature

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY The art of hand papermaking: creating from and against nature Katarina Đošan [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. The art of creating paper by hand is known as hand papermaking, an art form with a long...
How inspiration unfolds when writing about artworks

How inspiration unfolds when writing about artworks

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY How inspiration unfolds when writing about artworks Katarina Đošan [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. The process of writing about art (for journals or magazines) is usually seen as a process of...
Creating in community: from local to global

Creating in community: from local to global

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY Creating in community: from local to global Charlotte Gullick, MFA, and Melinda Rothouse, PhD [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Across the globe, many individuals and organisations recognise an...
Biomimicry: the natural world as a classroom

Biomimicry: the natural world as a classroom

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration FEATURE Biomimicry: the natural world as a classroom Sajeetha Kannan [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Biomimicry is a research field that aims to inspire solutions based on designs we see in nature. These...
A new form of creativity

A new form of creativity

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EDITORIAL A new form of creativity Natalie Dekel and Gil Dekel [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Over the years, the practice of art has changed from traditional craftsmanship to ‘techmanship’ (integrating...
Volume 2, Issue 2

Volume 2, Issue 2

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration VOLUME 2   |   ISSUE 2   |   14 FEB 2024   |   ISSN 2977-1811 COVER: Art facilitates perspective change, compassion deepening, and new relational skills. As such it has the power to shape human evolution. COVER ART: Gil Dekel and...
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Creativity and consciousness beyond the mind

Creativity and consciousness beyond the mind

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EXPERT VOICES Creativity and consciousness beyond the mind Larry Dossey [Author info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. In this short essay, I will offer an alternative way of looking at human consciousness. While many...
On music composition: leading with feeling

On music composition: leading with feeling

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVE On music composition: leading with feeling Aradhana Mathews [Author info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. I have never been to a music school. I am not a music producer. I never officially studied music...