Abstract
We are dependent upon environment, much more than many think, directly and epigenetically. Here are several examples and, in particular, the blossoming of youth at risk in the unique culture of a high mountain wilderness setting. Sharing of poetry and creative expression is included, even about one’s darkest moments, not about a creative product, but about process, risking and revealing, honoring authenticity, group, introspection, trust, and nonjudgmental valuing of others and self-in-process, on a path of opening and healing. This is framed by resonant features of humanistic and positive psychology, chaos and complexity, and relational-cultural theory. All involve dynamic interconnection, growth and change, and at times, new norms and values—as found too by the youth—compared to our prevailing culture.
The weaving together of intense experience and quiet reflection was particularly effective…. I think I learned more about teaching than anything else.
N.Y.U. Law School Professor, Outward Bound, Hurricane Island, ME
I shall never forget the tranquility and majesty of the canyons and rivers … my ‘solo’ with a green apple and sleeping bag … the importance of cooperation and teamwork …. a true learning experience
Educational Change Professional, Outward Bound Course
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Dacey and Lennon, Understanding Creativity.
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Milne, GO! Art of Change. Here is a context, www.tlc.ac.nz that even helps us find our creative selves, and bring creative ways of being to society, while personally establishing a “sustainable creativity.”
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Zimbardo, et al., Psychology, 465.
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Mlodinow, Subliminal, 11.
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Zimbardo, Psychology, 465.
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Gruber in Runco and Richards, Eminent Creativity, Everyday Creativity, and Health, 463.
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Ibid., 473–474.
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Ibid., 474.
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Ibid.
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Shapiro and Carlson, Art and Science of Mindfulness.
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Dacey and Lennon, Understanding Creativity, 163.
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Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being; House et al., Humanistic Psychology: Current Trends and Future Prospects, Ch. 1.
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Richards and Whitehouse, “Subtle Mind, Open Heart: Mike Arons Remembered.”
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Arons and Richards, “Two Noble Insurgencies: Creativity and Humanistic Psychology.”
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House et al., Humanistic Psychology.
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Goslin-Jones and Herron, “Cutting Edge Person-Centered Expressive Arts.” Also see Rogers, N., Creative Connection, and www.ieata.org.
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Creswell, Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches.
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Jordan, Relational-Cultural Therapy.
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Richards, “Relational Creativity and Healing Potential.”
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Krippner, “Humanistic Psychology and Chaos Theory: The Third Revolution and the Third Force.”
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O’Hara, Humanistic Psychology.
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Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being.
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Rogers, On Becoming a Person. Also Arons and Richards, “Two Noble Insurgencies,” 161.
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Maslow, 1968; Zimbardo, Johnson, & McCann, 372.
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Ibid., levels are not completely invariant, as per Maslow himself.
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Richards, “Everyday Creativity: Our Hidden Potential,” 41–43.
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Ibid., also Maslow, The Farther Reaches of Human Nature, 138.
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Flavin, Kurt Hanh’s Schools and Legacy; Wilson, Inside Outward Bound; also Vorrath and Brendtro, Positive Peer Culture, for underlying values of caring and helping.
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Ferguson, Shouting at the Sky: Troubled Teens and the Promise of the Wild.
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Ferguson, Shouting at the Sky, 187.
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Ibid., 237; compare values, Vorrath and Brendtro, Positive Peer Culture.
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Ferguson, Shouting at the Sky, 211.
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Ibid., 187.
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Ibid., 116.
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Richards, R. (2018). Creative Space. In: Everyday Creativity and the Healthy Mind. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55766-7_10
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