T A B L E• O F• C O N T E N T S

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Introduction

A Personal Account

PART ONE

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Mounting the Dragons Toward Heaven:
Stages of the Creative Encounter

The Creative Process

Stage One: Discovery & Encounter

At the Water's Edge
Entering the Stream
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

Stage Two: Passion & Commitment

Riding the Rapids
The Broad Current
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

Stage Three: Crisis & Creative Frustration

Boulders in the Stream
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

Stage Four: Retreat & Withdrawal

On the Shore: Watching the River Flow
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

Stage Five: Epiphany & Insight

From the Mountain Stream
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

Stage Six: Discipline & Completion

Navigating the Currents
Staying the Course
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

Stage Seven: Responsibility & Release

Intersecting Currents
A River's Mouth: Returning to the Source
Creative Practice: questions, tools & exercises

PART TWO

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Wayfinding: Guiding Principles
of the Creative Impulse

1. Creative Courage

Meeting the Challenge

2. Right Place; Right Time

Suppportive Conditions

3. Deepening Connections

Art and Spiritual Practice
Notes Toward the Future

Selected Bibliography

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