Posts Tagged ‘poiesis’

What is the Creative?

We wondered from our last dialogue, is there a flow of meaning in between us as a mesh instead of distinct and separate parts? How can we create a new culture based on an understanding of what it means to be part of the wholeness of meaning? To answer these questions, we attempted to answer what is the creative? Whereas creativity is a noun, the creative is an adjective. Thus, the creative is being creativity. Being Creativity is a process. It is a form of play. It begins in thought as a play of images, words, sounds, and any form…

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Where does the word poetry come from?

The word poetry originally comes from the greek ‘poiesis’ which means: “a making, fabrication, creation, production”.[1] “ποίησις.” Greek Word Study Tool. Accessed July 10, 2015. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=poi/hsis. According to the philosopher Martin Heidegger, Plato defines poiesis in “Symposium (205b):… “Every occasion for whatever…