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The act of creation is always associated with a sharp shift in mental functioning -- and sometimes this creative high can only be accessed by external means. This book identifies the heightened states of mind which give rise to art and looks at the accounts that artists have given of what happens when they are "under the influence." This book looks at the conditions and personality traits that make the artist, and the ways in which artistic production can be related to other areas of human experience. The creative high has affinities with the auras experienced by migraine sufferers, with the trances of primitive shamans, and with the visions of religious mystics -- &, of course, a rich variety of hallucinogenic drugs have also been embraced in the service of art. Illustrated.
| ISBN-13 | 9780756765613 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0756765617 |
| List Price | $30.00 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 192 pages |
| Publisher | Diane Pub Co |
| Published On | 2003-06-01 |
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