Stages of the Creative Act*
subconscious mind working no real time used
doing other things relaxed
from Silvano Arieti: some ways to cultivate creativity
1. Aloneness (removal from stimuli)
4. Free Thinking (suspension of control)
5. Be in state of “similarities catching”
7. Remember trauma (inner replay)
9. Discipline productivity (have will and commitment)
Source of some the above: Arieti, Sivano. "Dynamics of Creativity" MD,
Sept. 1977, pp 13-15