"Tapping the buried fountain': Emanations & Flow of Creativity, Consciousness, and the Sacred through the Arts

Poet Denise Levertov wrote of the "tapping of a buried fountain in the poet from which the music flows." The source of creativity is the inner wakefulness of transcendental consciousness, the "buried fountain" in each of us. This interdisciplinary book examines the unseen, subtle mechanics of the creative process; connecting with the source of creativity through making and viewing works of art; the sacred purpose and profound effect of creative work on artist and viewer; how creative work can connect us with the divine, evoking tranquility and expansiveness; and archetypal motifs of the creative process seen in art and literature. More art with this healing and enlivening energy is needed. In addition to scholarly research, this study is intuitive, poetic, and experiential. The author reports from her experience as a poet and artist and as a person with thirty years of meditation practice when this dissertation was written.  Creative work places artists in the timeless present moment w