On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 02:58 PM, Steven Brust wrote: > At 11:33 AM 8/15/2002 -0700, Nytemuse wrote: > >> I totally agree...I always thought that creativity was a collaboration >> of >> the conscious and...well, some other part. Maybe the subconscious, >> maybe >> something else. But the more I consciously know about a topic or >> audience >> etc, the more creative an idea I can come up with. But I don't think >> it's >> just a conscious mind thing. > > In _Literature and Revolution_ Trotsky refers to inspiration as, "The > creative unity of the conscious and the unconscious." I've always > liked that. > > I like that too. I must use it has my sig!