Countless times a week, furthermore, he receives proof in his consulting work that when men at last accept the fact that they cannot successfully lie… - Rollo May

The concept of encounter also enables us to make clearer the important distinction between talent and creativity. Talent may well have its neurological correlates and can be studied as “given” to a person. A man or woman may have talent whether he or she uses it or not; talent can probably be measured in the person as such. But creativity can be seen only in the act. If we were purists, we would not speak of a “creative person,” but only of a creative act.

Suppose the apprehension of beauty is itself a way to truth? Suppose that “elegance” — as the word is used by physicists to describe their discoveries — is a key to ultimate reality?

Escapist creativity is that which lacks encounter.