Art and PCT

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Hi there, anyone point me to papers or discussions on the link between PCT and art?

Cheers!

Warren

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[From MK (2015.11.23.2200 CET)]

Warren Mansell--

Hi there, anyone point me to papers or discussions on the link between PCT and art?

The writings of Robert Fritz (The Path of Least Resistance, Creating,
Your Life as Art) might make a good starting point for such
discussions. He writes a lot about a concept and a process that he
refers as "Creating". It deals with the "tension" between what Fritz'
calls Current Reality (what you are perceiving now) and Vision (what
you want to perceive now)... The books could loosely be described as
being about "applied PCT in the creative domains as conceived by a
composer."

M

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Cheers!

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On 23 Nov 2015, at 21:03, MK <perceptualposts@gmail.com> wrote:

[From MK (2015.11.23.2200 CET)]

Warren Mansell--

Hi there, anyone point me to papers or discussions on the link between PCT and art?

The writings of Robert Fritz (The Path of Least Resistance, Creating,
Your Life as Art) might make a good starting point for such
discussions. He writes a lot about a concept and a process that he
refers as "Creating". It deals with the "tension" between what Fritz'
calls Current Reality (what you are perceiving now) and Vision (what
you want to perceive now)... The books could loosely be described as
being about "applied PCT in the creative domains as conceived by a
composer."

M