<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I fully subscribe to Glăveanu’s opinions. I am not a psychologist, but as someone who specialises in culture and at the same time, as a poet, I believe that if the psychology of creativity is to say something truthful about the creative process, it should open up to the inner life of artists and to statistically unmeasurable processes such as talent and inspiration, rather than devise and carry out laboratory experiments. Therefore, encouraged by Glăveanu to pose innovative questions, in my article I ask about the essence of poetic inspiration, that is able to create images and lies at the root of metaphor which emerges in the mind of an artist.</p></abstract>

I fully subscribe to Glăveanu’s opinions. I am not a psychologist, but as someone who specialises in culture and at the same time, as a poet, I believe that if the psychology of creativity is to say something truthful about the creative process, it should open up to the inner life of artists and to statistically unmeasurable processes such as talent and inspiration, rather than devise and carry out laboratory experiments. Therefore, encouraged by Glăveanu to pose innovative questions, in my article I ask about the essence of poetic inspiration, that is able to create images and lies at the root of metaphor which emerges in the mind of an artist.

„And What is a Beautiful Poem”? Reflections of a Poet on Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s <italic>The Psychology of Creativity: A Critical Reading</italic>

Creativity. Theories – Research - Applications

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„And What is a Beautiful Poem”? Reflections of a Poet on Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s 

I fully subscribe to Glăveanu’s opinions. I am not a psychologist, but as someone who specialises in culture and at the same time, as a poet, I believe that if...

„And What is a Beautiful Poem”? Reflections of a Poet on Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s The Psychology of Creativity: A Critical Reading

Data publikacji: 26 maj 2015

Zakres stron: 97 - 101

Otrzymano: 03 lis 2014

Przyjęty: 15 gru 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0015

Słowa kluczowe
Poetry, Inspiration, Metaphor, Transcendence, Mystery

© Katarzyna Citko

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

„And What is a Beautiful Poem”? Reflections of a Poet on Vlad Petre Glăveanu’s The Psychology of Creativity: A Critical Reading

Data publikacji: 26 maj 2015

Zakres stron: 97 - 101

Otrzymano: 03 lis 2014

Przyjęty: 15 gru 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ctra-2015-0015

Słowa kluczowePoetry, Inspiration, Metaphor, Transcendence, Mystery

© Katarzyna Citko

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Słowa kluczowe
Poetry, Inspiration, Metaphor, Transcendence, Mystery