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1、创造型作家和白日梦1920Intentionallyleftblank1921CREATIVEWRITERSANDDAY-DREAMINGWelaymenhavealwaysbeenintenselycurioustoknowliketheCardinalwhoputasimilarquestiontoAriosto-fromwhatsourcesthatstrangebeing,thecreativewriter,drawshismaterial,andhowhemanagestomakesuchanim
2、pressiononuswithitandtoarouseinusemotionsofwhich,perhaps,wehadnoteventhoughtourselvescapable.Ourinterestisonlyheightenedthemorebythefactthat,ifweaskhim,thewriterhimselfgivesusnoexplanation,ornonethatissatisfactory;anditisnotatallweakenedbyourknowledgethatn
3、oteventheclearestinsightintothedeterminantsofhischoiceofmaterialandintothenatureoftheartofcreatingimaginativeformwilleverhelptomakecreativewritersofus.Ifwecouldatleastdiscoverinourselvesorinpeoplelikeourselvesanactivitywhichwasinsomewayakintocreativewritin
4、g!Anexaminationofitwouldthengiveusahopeofobtainingthebeginningsofanexplanationofthecreativeworkofwriters.And,indeed,thereissomeprospectofthisbeingpossible.Afterall,creativewritersthemselvesliketolessenthedistancebetweentheirkindandthecommonrunofhumanity;th
5、eysooftenassureusthateverymanisapoetatheartandthatthelastpoetwillnotperishtillthelastmandoes.ShouldwenotlookforthefirsttracesofimaginativeactivityasearlyasinchildhoodThechild’sbest-lovedandmostintenseoccupationiswithhisplayorgames.Mightwenotsaythateverychi
6、ldatplaybehaveslikeacreativewriter,inthathecreatesaworldofhisown,or,rather,re-arrangesthethingsofhisworldinanewwaywhichpleaseshim?Itwouldbewrongtothinkhedoesnottakethatworldseriously;onthecontrary,hetakeshisplayveryseriouslyandheexpendslargeamountsofemotio
7、nonit.Theoppositeofplayisnotwhatisseriousbutwhatisreal.Inspiteofalltheemotionwithwhichhecathectshisworldofplay,thechilddistinguishesitquitewellfromreality;andhelikestolinkhisimaginedobjectsandsituationstothetangibleandvisiblethingsoftherealworld.Thislinkin
8、gisallthatdifferentiatesthechild’s‘play’from‘phantasying’.1922Thecreativewriterdoesthesameasthechildatplay.Hecreatesaworldofphantasywhichhetakesveryseriously-thatis,whichheinvestswithlargeamountsofemotionwhil
