Creative Position

From transformal GmbH

When a person, in their action, is aware of either their self- or other image, they lose some of their presence. We perceive as impersonal, when a person appears to act according to their self- or other image. A person is perceived as present when their self- and other image are the same – the images disappear from their consciousness and make way for shared experiences. This is illustrated by interacting [5] with the photo [7].

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Personality and sociality[edit]

The term personality here abbreviates ›personal identity‹. It describes what makes a person unique. Personality reveals in how a person resolves self- and other images. Similarly, sociality abbreviates for ›social identity‹. For example, an individual's sociality is recorded in their passport. It records the individual they are when they participate in social life.

Creative work[edit]

Some constitutions grant citizens the right to protection of their ›bodily integrity‹. This right includes protection from violence and injury. The counterpart is the right to be creative with oneself. A person can take their personality as subject of their creative work – depending on the social conditions they live under. Because and if their creative work challenges their sociality, nothing should be included in their passport, that sets limits on this.

Thinking one's self[edit]

Olaf Langmack:

»It is self-evident that artists do not label their work as artworks. They are not credible in doing so because they lack sufficient distance from their works. In the case of personality as work, it would be doubly ridiculous [4] to call oneself an artist of one's self. One can consider it a work – not an artwork.«

»I exploit the richness of presence. I am guided by the idea that ›everything that comes from thought exists‹. [6] How could that exclude my body?«