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...
Creativity, awareness and agency for emergent paths in life

Creativity, awareness and agency for emergent paths in life

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY Creativity, awareness and agency for emergent paths in life Juan Sebastián Gómez-García [Author info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. Abstract How can creativity foster openness and adaptability in a rapidly...
AI: from ancient times to present day

AI: from ancient times to present day

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration FEATURE AI: from ancient times to present day Gil Dekel and Ekaterina Pretsch [Authors info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. The desire to create intelligent machines is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history, people...
12.2 Space

12.2 Space

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   12.2 Space With a sense of appreciation of the environment, artists allow the observed reality with its beauty to form a part of the artist’s own...
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12.1 Place

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   12.1 Place Artists are inspired to create their work in places, such as nature, cities, galleries and people’s homes. However, artists seem to have a...
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12. Application

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   12. Application With the artistic ideas ready to be applied, the artist allows the external reality to affect the final shaping of the work, in a...
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11.2 Movement

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   11.2 Movement The need to express inner purity in art work sees the artists using vivid and transparent colours as a mean to create intense visible...
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11. Internalisation

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   11. Internalisation Following the process of acknowledging and producing the impression of words and images, the artist then moves to a process of...
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10.3 Acknowledging

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10.3 Acknowledging With heightened emotions and an urge to create comes a process of acknowledgement, where the artist makes an intuitive response to...
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10.2 Feeling

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10.2 Feeling Once artists open up to the inner voice, they seem to attach to it an emotion or a specific feeling, which makes the experience specific...
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10.1 Sensing

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10.1 Sensing Noticing that something exists, or sensing it, is an initial experience in the artistic process. Inner voice / listening / collective...
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10. Stimulation

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10. Stimulation The artists that I have studied indicate that they begin the process of creating art with an urge to create. The initial experience of...
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9.2 Core themes (pt 2 of 2)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   9.2 Core themes (pt 2 of 2) While exploring the use of abstract shapes in the process of art making I noted that colours come next. Kandinsky (1972)...
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9.2 Core themes (pt 1 of 2)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   9.2 Core themes (pt 1 of 2) The core themes which I developed from my reflections on the actions that I undertook are captured by the chapters’...
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8.1.1 Phenomenology

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.1 Phenomenology 8.1.1.1 AgentPrior to the start of this research, in February 2006, I had two distinct modes of thought. One involved being a...
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7. Literature Review (pt 1 of 2)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   7. Literature Review (pt 1 of 2) This research draws from the area of visual art studies, English literature critiques, psychology, philosophy and...
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1. Thesis Title Page

01. Thesis Title Page Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice Gil Dekel Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirementsfor the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Portsmouth   May 2009[formatted for the web...
Inspiration and Creativity in Art

Inspiration and Creativity in Art

Dr. Gil Dekel “This 20- minute lecture by Dr. Gil Dekel is worth a listen. The feeling at the end is, “How ‎awesome creativity is!” What is the artist really saying in each and every painting? Dr. ‎Dekel tells us.” – Mary Gwyn Bowen, nurse and art...
Knowing Tools: Knowledge-Extraction Methods.

Knowing Tools: Knowledge-Extraction Methods.

Dr. Gil Dekel. The Knowing Tools™ were designed to help you become aware of intuitive knowledge and information which already ‘exist’ in you. The tools will help you use your inner-knowledge to enhance your creativity, write articles, or develop art and design...
היופי שבזמניות

היופי שבזמניות

מלאני צ’אן (Melanie Chan) ציירת בצבעי מים, בראיון עם גיל דקל. גיל דקל: את מתמחה בציורי פרחים בצבעי מים. מה את רואה בפרחים? [1] מלאני צ’אן: אני רואה את היופי של הטבע בפרחים, ואני נדהמת משלמותם ומהסימטריה שלהם. כשאני מתחילה לצייר, הראש שלי מתחיל להירגע,...