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 Don't miss out! Matthew Fox's newest book, Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet, will be in the book of the month club! and will hit stores this September.Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 375 Hudson St, 4th Floor New York, NY 10014 Phone: 800-788-6262 Table of Contents I. Who Are We as a Species? II. Creativity, Our True Nature III. Where does Creativity Come From? IV. What Happens When the Creative Spirit and We Co-Create V. Adam and Prometheus, Creativity and the Christ: Is Original Sin the Refusal to Create and is Redemption the Liberation of Creativity? VI. Revisioning Easter and Pentecost: Rolling Away the Obstacles to Creativity so that the Spirit of Creativity Can Resurrect VII. Tapping into the Creative Spirit: Finding, Honoring and Practicing Creativity VIII. Where Do We Go from Here? Putting Creativity to Work in Culture and Everyday Life Conclusion: The Coming Dawn: The Hope that Creativity Brings Excerpt from the Preface This Book arose from a request from my publisher who heard me speak on the subject of "The Divine Artist Within" at the Unity Church of New York in New York City in June, 2000. Some thoughts offered here also developed from a talk I was invited to give at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1993. I am grateful for the invitation to expand these talks, for in the process of writing this book I feel I have deepened my love and understanding of creativity. I do not know any area of human potential more important if we are to be a sustainable species again. Creativity, when all is said and done, may be the best thing our species has going for it. It is also the most dangerous. In this book I end up re-constructing Christianity and Culture around the number one survival issue of our time: the sustainability achieved when creativity is honored and practiced not for its own sake but for justice and compassion's sake. This is the way of the Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of Creativity and Compassion. And who was present hovering over the waters at the beginning of Creation and is present still at the continuance of creation (Aboriginals call this the "Dreamtime") and who is present in the mind of the artist at work-which is each of us. And is the presence that melts the tower of Babel, that is, the divisions between cultures, religions and peoples. May our species be resurrected and awakened by the Spirit of Creativity for this coming century. May we be ennobled to carry on the next stage of our evolution. May this book make a modest contribution to that effort. |
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