Suppose a student wants to learn Einstein’s theory. It’s very difficult and obscure at first, but at some point in her studies, understanding dawns. She has broken free from her old concept of time, and from this new perspective she can understand Einstein. Is this a creative act? Although there is no discovery or invention of a new meaning of context in the outer arena, no outer product, there is understanding of new meaning in the inner arena. Certainly far less creativity is needed to understand something like relativity than to discover it, or to apply it meaningfully in a new context. And yet she has discovered a new context of thinking about time for herself, and that surely has value; for her this is a creative act. Visit amitgoswami.org.
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 13:32:33 +0000
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