@ARTICLE{26583223_26985388_2007, author = {V. Koshkin}, keywords = {}, title = {Creativity. Love. Probability of Success}, journal = {Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics}, year = {2007}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, pages = {120-141}, url = {https://psy-journal.hse.ru/en/2007-4-1/26985388.html}, publisher = {}, abstract = {The author argues that, similar to the individual success in love, the writer’s or artist’s success with the public can be a stimulus for creative work. He demonstrates with figures in hand that creative work (like poetry) is a kind of self-portrait, a sincere expression of the poet’s psychology, and that the reader perceives it accordingly. He also offers a "formula of success" based on the idea of a compromise between the partners’ overlapping areas of interests and their different preferred patterns of meaning. This relates to a scientist or artist, on the one side, and society, on the other: they are involved in social games with each other similar to love games played by individuals. In these terms, creative work and love can be described identically.}, annote = {The author argues that, similar to the individual success in love, the writer’s or artist’s success with the public can be a stimulus for creative work. He demonstrates with figures in hand that creative work (like poetry) is a kind of self-portrait, a sincere expression of the poet’s psychology, and that the reader perceives it accordingly. He also offers a "formula of success" based on the idea of a compromise between the partners’ overlapping areas of interests and their different preferred patterns of meaning. This relates to a scientist or artist, on the one side, and society, on the other: they are involved in social games with each other similar to love games played by individuals. In these terms, creative work and love can be described identically.} }