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     We think and communicate through and with the use  of
language. Creative thought rises from levels which are not
encompassed  by conscious language and  becomes  expressed
through  the  symbols of conscious  language.   We  become
conscious  of  such creative thoughts as we find  ways  to
give  them expression through the means of the symbols  of
language  by which we can clarify and communicate creative
insights to ourselves and others.

     Spoken and written language makes use of combinations
of  words  and phrases which point  to  ideas,   thoughts,
relationships,  feelings,  etc.  for which we do not  have
clearly  defined words.  Our thoughts and perceptions  are
limited  in part by the limitations of our  vocabulary  of
words, symbols, phrases and languages.

     Not all language is composed of verbal words.   There
are  also  the  languages of body  movement  and  posture,
touching,  presence, painting, sculpture, dance,  drawing,
music,   movies,  dramas,  television,  models,   visions,
dreams, fantasy, etc. Not all useful language are composed
in  formal  ways of formal symbols such as words,   having
with  well defined grammars which specify  legitimate  and
meaningful usage.

     Each language is particularly well suited to  certain
kinds  of communication;  and poorly suited to other kinds
of communication. What may be communicated in one language
may be impossible to communicate through another language.
It   is  dangerous  to  assume  that  all  that  is  worth
communicating  can be communicated through any  particular
language, or a subset of all languages. Such an assumption
may serve to inhibit essential communications.

     Often  the most powerful language is the language  of
example. There may not exist adequate words and/or phrases
by  which  to point to the realities and relationships  of
interest.   It  may be necessary to point to a  number  of
examples  of  that to which one wishes to draw  attention,
and to make clear that the examples in themselves are  not
the  totality  of  that  to  which  one  wishes  to   draw
attention; but that the class of such examples is what one
wishes  to point to.  In due course,  if it is helpful,  a
name  or a phrase may become attached in a formal  way  to
the  class  of such examples;  but in  the  beginning  the
examples may themselves be the symbol by which to refer to
the reality of which they are examples.

     Creative processes may thus occur by dreaming up good
examples  of new ways of being and doing new things,   and
then we may generalize such examples into similar examples
of  parallel  new  ways  of being and  doing  related  new
things.  By using imagination and changing some aspects of
an  example,   we may come up with  yet  another  creative
example;    all   without   ever  having  to   engage   in
abstractions.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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