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Title: The Search for Satori and Creativity by E. Paul Torrance ISBN: 0-930222-04-0 Publisher: Creative Education Foundation Pub. Date: June, 1979 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $9.50

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Summary: Perplexing
Comment: Torrance is justly credited as one of the pioneers in the fieldof creativity research, but this book, much to my surprise, was a dud.Torrance believes that the "Japanese concept of satori is a little like the American counterpart of 'aha'". Actually, if anything, the sudden flash of "aha" he describes in satori appears to have relatively little in common with the Western experience, and much more in common with the Buddhist. "Aha" in the Western sense represents sudden insights built upon a process of inquiry, interpretation, and a multifaceted search for meaning. Satori, as Torrance describes it, is associated instead with a process of developing competence and mastery, and has seemingly little to do with a search for novel or unfamiliar insights. Satori may be a fascinating experience worthy of further study, but Torrance fails to convince me that it has any bearing on current research into creativity, or that it sheds any promising new light on the subject.