Comments on: Creator + Destroyer = Elegant Simplicity.

By: Evan

Evan — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:48:02 +0000

I’ll be posting on Creation involving Destruction on Monday.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Evan

By: Evan Hadkins

Evan Hadkins — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 01:21:17 +0000

Thanks DrSteve,

I’ll check it out.

You’ve done me a power of good. Many thanks.

Evan

By: DrSteve

DrSteve — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 23:35:27 +0000

No, it doesn’t take hours - unless I’m enjoying the search. I use flickr.com. Once you register and find a photo you like, click on it and if (as usually happens) ‘Blog this’ appears - use it. (Usually there are a few lines of html which appear above the photo - simply delete those.)
For more places for images see:
http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2006/01/where_can_you_f.html
Good luck.

By: Evan Hadkins

Evan Hadkins — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:46:04 +0000

Thanks DrSteve,

You’ve got me thinking about creation being destructive (I’m not as sure about the vice versa).

I think you are right about libido and thanatos. Freud had some extraordinary insight I think.

I’ll do some thinking and see if a post results.

Thanks for adding me to your blogroll, much appreciated. I’ve been having a look around your site. It looks great on first look, interesting topics and solid content. I’ll be having more of a look.

A blogging techie question: does it take you hours to find the photos? I’ve considered adding photos here but the time it took me to find ones that didn’t really suit anyway means I haven’t done it.

Thanks again.

Evan

By: DrSteve

DrSteve — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:22:16 +0000

Oh, I am adding your site to my blogroll.

By: DrSteve

DrSteve — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:20:59 +0000

There is so much zooming around the blogosphere about zen habits, simplicity, etc. which is probably a good thing for multi-tasking bloger-types. However, I can become a bit, shall we say, jolly hocky sticks. This post on creator/destroyer is a healthy antidote. It brings to mind Freud’s much-maligned and misunderstood dual instinct theory: libido and thanatos. These two intincts function together, he said - it’s not a matter of trying to replace the latter with the former. That said, I wonder whether the idea raised in this post can be developed somewhat. The separation of the two taks is no doubt useful - but what would it mean to see that creativity IS destructive (and vice versa). Food for thought, thanks.