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Morphic resonance is an expression first coined by Rupert Sheldrake in 1981 in his book A New Science of Life. He uses this expression to describe the mystical connection between living things, in his words, "the basis of memory in nature....the idea of mysterious telepathy-type interconnections between organisms and of collective memories within species."
Many of us have long been mystified about the origin and nature of talent and inspiration. Where do artists get their vision from? How is it that humans throughout recorded history have come up with the same creative vision almost simultaneously yet are ofen separated by vast distances? Examples can be found in architecture, music and visual art.
The idea that a collective unconscious exists which can transmit patterns and archetypes was first proposed by the renowned psychiarist, Carl Jung. However there is much debate on whether Sheldrake's theoeries are truly science or something in the realm of metaphysics. Those who work with animals on a regular basis have observed behavioral changes in animals at times when their "human" is en route to the animal. Still, these behaviors are difficult to prove and repeat in traditional double blind studies.
What does all of this have to do with art? Many artists have expressed the idea that inspiration transends logical explanation. It seems to be a living thing that exists in some ethereal realm which operates like a radio or a television in that the creative vision is "tuned in to" by the arist. Logical science? Maybe not, but then who ever said that artists were logical?
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