creative dance of contradictions

• “a creature of many contradictions and a protean shape-shifter if there ever was one — said that he often reflected upon the many “selves” that he had possessed over his lifetime”
• “a writer of prose that is as precise as it is unwieldy, a master of writing about both highbrow and lowbrow topics”
• delicate, and sometimes extreme, dance of contradictions may be precisely what gives rise to the intense inner drive to create … fundamental motivation
• creativity is not merely expertise or knowledge but is instead informed by a whole suite of intellectual, emotional, motivational, and ethical characteristics
• toggling between imaginative and rational
• creative work brings disparate elements together