On Creativity

David Bohm's profound exploration of creativity as the fundamental force in human experience—a visionary investigation into how genuine creativity emerges not from technique or effort but from insight, revealing the creative process as a doorway to transformation in science, art, and life itself.

David Bohm (1917-1992), renowned quantum physicist and philosopher, presents On Creativity as a comprehensive inquiry into the nature of creative insight. Drawing from his work in physics, his dialogues with Krishnamurti, and his understanding of consciousness, Bohm reveals creativity not as a special talent possessed by a few but as a fundamental capacity available to all—when the mind is free from fragmentation and open to the unknown.

What you'll discover:

• Creativity as insight—sudden perception that reorganizes understanding
• How fragmented thinking blocks creative flow
• Why genuine creativity emerges from the unknown, not accumulated knowledge
• The creative process in science, art, and everyday life
• How dialogue and collective thinking unlock creative potential
• The difference between mechanical repetition and genuine originality

Bohm's central insight is that creativity is not about producing novel combinations of existing ideas but about perceiving something fundamentally new. This requires a quality of attention that is free from the mechanical patterns of thought—a state of openness where insight can emerge. Whether in scientific discovery, artistic expression, or simply living with awareness, creativity arises when the mind is not trapped in what it already knows.

What makes this book essential is Bohm's ability to illuminate creativity from multiple angles—as physicist, philosopher, and contemplative thinker. He shows how the same fragmentation that blocks scientific insight also blocks artistic expression and personal transformation. True creativity requires wholeness: the integration of intellect and intuition, reason and imagination, the known and the unknown.

How does creativity actually work? What creates the conditions where insight can flourish? How do we move from mechanical repetition to genuine originality? What is the relationship between creativity and consciousness?

Bohm's answers—drawn from quantum physics, artistic practice, and contemplative wisdom—await in On Creativity, offering not techniques or formulas but something more valuable: understanding of how genuine creativity emerges from wholeness rather than fragmentation.

Perfect for: Artists, scientists, and anyone interested in the creative process, readers of David Bohm and contemplative philosophy, students of consciousness and transformation, those seeking to unlock creative potential, and contemplative readers drawn to understanding how genuine originality emerges.

This paperback edition presents Bohm's complete exploration of creativity—a life-affirming investigation by one of the most far-sighted thinkers of the modern age.