Discoveries in Maslow
douglas germann
76066.515 at compuserve.com
Tue Dec 2 10:30:08 PST 2008
Patricia--
When I first saw my best friend across the room at a PTA meeting, his
deep set eyes and demeanor was scary. After I got to know him and speak
with him (same thing?) I found he was a teddy bear and he looked to me
as gentle, friendly, homely. I can show you a picture which portrays
these characteristics.
I have found this many times--a stranger seems angry, over-bearing; then
in conversation they smile, and they become beautiful. We say "Her face
lit up."
So that asks the question, do people become smarter, or at least more
intelligent, in conversation?
:- Doug.
On Tue, 2008-12-02 at 10:15 -0800, Patricia Haines wrote:
> Thanks Diane - I wrote about Maslow and creativity years ago in my
> doctoral qualifying exams, but you've now piqued my curiosity to go
> back and look at more -
>
> Doug:
> happy, creative people who have experienced that creativity in action,
> especially if in community, ARE going to be more 'beautiful' - if you
> could as beauty a visage and demeanor expressive of peace,
> self-expression and happiness.
>
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> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com> wrote:
>
> From: douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
> Subject: Re: [OSLIST] Discoveries in Maslow
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 10:55 PM
>
> Diane and Patricia--
>
> Thanks. Yes, that does seem to be the thrust of this book which I think
> was published posthumously (that's a curious word, yes? After humous,
> after being human, maybe even when forever humorous!), that creativity
> is a strong thrust for him, perhaps prime among the B-values he lists.
>
> Now what about the inviting question: Are you more beautiful after open
> space? <grin>
>
> :- Doug.
>
> On Mon, 2008-12-01 at 14:32 -0500, Diane Brandon wrote:
> > If you take a look at the Appendices (I think it's B) in Religion,
> > Values, and Peak Experiences, you'll see a list of B-values (values of
> > Being) that Maslow suggested go at the top of the hierarchy of needs
> > pyramid. Creativity is one of the B-values, but there are a list of
> > perhaps 15-20 of them there. Good stuff!
> >
> >
> > Diane Brandon
> > www.kitchentableconsulting.net
> >
> > On Dec 1, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Patricia Haines wrote:
> >
> > > After Maslow's death his wife published what he'd been
> working on -
> > > which was a final stage for adult development where CREATIVITY is
> > > the peak need. This stage is seldom if ever mentioned in works on
> > > Maslow, but it seems one that we all could use at this challenging
> > > time in history - and it certainly works for what OS fosters in
> > > participants! Collective creativity and responsibility -
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > From: douglas germann <76066.515 at compuserve.com>
> > > Subject: [OSLIST] Discoveries in Maslow
> > > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 12:36 PM
> > >
> > > Hi--
> > >
> > > For the last few days I have been reading Maslow and finding
> a lot of
> > > insights into OST. From today's reading:
> > >
> > > Pilot experiment: Unquantified observation
> from
> > > two-year-long experiments with group therapy:
> both the
> > > college boys and the college girls in general
> looked
> > > more beautiful or handsome both to me and to
> the
> > > participants themselves (and actually became
> more
> > > beautiful, attractive as measured by the
> judgment of
> > > strangers) because of increased self-love and
> > > self-respect and increased pleasure in
> pleasing the
> > > group members (out of increased love for
> them). In
> > > general, if we stress the uncovering aspect
> of therapy,
> > > then whatever it reveals was there already in
> some
> > > sense. Therefore, whatever emerges or is
> revealed by
> > > uncovering therapy is very likely to be
> constitutionally
> > > or temperamentally or genetically intrinsic
> to the
> > > organism;i.e., its essence, its deepest
> reality, is
> > > biologically given. Abraham H. Maslow, The
> Farther
> > > Reaches of Human Nature, p 139
> > >
> > > Wow! This might explain some of what happens in OST:
> increased self
> > > respect leading to better ideas, better perhaps in the sense
> of
> > > simplicity, elegance, beauty. OS leads to beautiful people:
> how's that
> > > for high performance?
> > >
> > > Have you noticed anything akin to this?
> > >
> > > What is the "uncovering aspect" in opening space?
> > >
> > > :- Doug.
> > >
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