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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Aus-sich-heraus-Schöpfen

English translation:

creativity (that comes) from inside

Added to glossary by Mary Burdman
Oct 5, 2020 13:22
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German term

Aus-sich-heraus-Schöpfen

German to English Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Creativity/Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
This phrase comes up several times in a book on how to enhance creativity.

Context:
In a definition of catharsis:
Die Katharsis Spontanes und unbewusstes ** “Aus-sich-heraus-Schöpfen” ** ohne Recherche, Unterbewusstes wird zu Tage gefördert, diese Methode wird oft bei der Kunst-therapie verwendet.

Katharsis (griech. kätharsis = Reinigung, im Sinne von spontanem Aus-sich-heraus-Schöpfen)

Kreativen Menschen schöpfen aus sich selbst heraus....

I am assuming Schöpfen is being used here as 'creation.' Does anyone have an elegant translation for this phrase? 'Creation through purging' comes to
mind, but I would really appreciate any better suggestions.

Many thanks,

Mary
Proposed translations (English)
4 +1 creativity (that comes) from inside
4 +2 producing art by drawing on one’s own experiences / inner world
4 +2 Tapping into one's mind
5 wellspring of creativity / inner resources of creativity
4 draw strength from within
4 tap into one's subconscious landscape,(/the landsc. of one's subc.) spontaneously, to find form...
4 Free flowing spontaneous creativity
4 visceral creativity
3 unconscious drawing of inspiration from one's own depths; .. plumb their own depths for inspiration
3 inspired from within
2 externalize one's creative potential/strength/forces
Change log

Oct 5, 2020 15:00: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "Creativity" to "Creativity/Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting"

Discussion

David Hollywood Oct 6, 2020:
so many suggestions and late in on this but I think "visceral" is apt here
Mary Burdman (asker) Oct 5, 2020:
Thanks for all the contributions. Thanks for all the suggestions already. I am tending towards what Phil said, although I would like to work 'drawing' into it.
Stephen Reader Oct 5, 2020:
schöpfen... ...for me, here, focuses on both 'drawing upon = from' (as in 'up, from a well', too) and on 'where to' - Helen's _externalising_.
Stephen Reader Oct 5, 2020:
schöpfen... ...for me, here, focuses on both 'drawing upon = from' (as in 'up, from a well', too) and on 'where to' - Helen's _externalising_. That (the original) seems then to bypass the term in its heading - somewhere along the lines of 'Making sense of...' (elements of the subconscious) - but that's by the way.
Helen Shiner Oct 5, 2020:
Ramey Yes, good link. In this context, it is about externalising trauma or more general upset to get it out of oneself, hence the catharsis. Bring it to a head by producing an external visualisation of it, or the equivalent in music, say.
Ramey Rieger (X) Oct 5, 2020:
Art therapy refers to catharsis painting: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5bf2/299c1fd5e3b6fb4d3158d2...

You have several examples, each to be taken separately, but basically it refers to an inherent creativity, expressed spontaneously.
Ramey Rieger (X) Oct 5, 2020:
Hi Helen Absolutely! The tone makes the music :-).
Mary Burdman (asker) Oct 5, 2020:
Creativity text The book is pretty informal, using the familiar 'du' and goes through a series of 'remedies' or 'recipes' for enhancing creative work in arts, handicrafts, professional work, etc. It certainly is not a scholarly text!
Helen Shiner Oct 5, 2020:
Expressivity This is the type of creativity where one draws on one’s own resources, inner world or emotions, rather than focusing on the external world. So essentially expressionism rather than, say, Impressionism. There’ll be lots of ways of translating this dependent on the tenor of the rest of the text.

Proposed translations

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creativity (that comes) from inside

Or inherent, or immanent, or innate, or intrinsic creativity.
Peer comment(s):
agree Stephen Reader : Yes, given the explanation ('Unterbewusstes wird..') that follows - think n.b. to have the 'getting it out there' explicit.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I added 'drawing from within,' but this essentially is best for the text. Many thanks."
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producing art by drawing on one’s own experiences / inner world

You could also use ‘to create’ or ‘be creative’ instead of ‘producing art’. You know what has come before, the types of things being suggested, so I hope you can find something suitable to match.
Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway
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Thanks, writeaway
agree Stephen Reader : With 'spontaneous' in there somewhere.
1 hr
Thanks, Stephen. Yes, it’s not in the phrase presented to us, though it’s certainly in the text above.
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draw strength from within

I agree that create is one definition of "Schöpfen", but I would use "draw" here resulting in the familiar English phrase, "strength from within", especially since the first definition in linguee is "draw" - see reference.
Reference:

https://www.linguee.com/english-german/search?source=auto&query=Sch%C3%B6pfen+

Peer comment(s):
neutral Stephen Reader : In the presumed aim of the exercise, yes, but the focus in the orig. phrase seems to be on externalising subconsc. matter as a way toward that result. You c'd even just omit 'strength'.
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neutral Cilian O'Tuama : oh, you and your linguee!
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38 mins

Tapping into one's mind

Peer comment(s):
agree Stephen Reader : Possibly 'one's _own_ mind' to bring out the personal/inner experience aspect - agree given the orig.'s explanations that follow
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agree Lirka
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neutral Andrew Bramhall : Not convinced;
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tap into one's subconscious landscape,(/the landsc. of one's subc.) spontaneously, to find form...

Really only tapping in myself, to what Helen and Michael suggest.
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wellspring of creativity / inner resources of creativity

Refers to the concept that creativity is not invented - but discovered.
Example sentence:

https://wellspringcreative.com/2013/05/06/a-wellspring-of-creativity/

Reference:

http://https://wellspringcreative.com/2013/05/06/a-wellspring-of-creativity/

http://ttps://https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262041620_Harnessing_the_Mental_Health_Benefits_of_the_Creativity-Spirituality_Constr

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Free flowing spontaneous creativity

Stream of consciousness creativity, maybe.
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German term (edited): unbewusstes Aus-sich-heraus-Schöpfen; Kreative Menschen schöpfen aus sich selbst heraus

unconscious drawing of inspiration from one's own depths; .. plumb their own depths for inspiration

It#s a coincidence that catharsis is being referred to on this site used by some prople as a surrogate and substitute for psychotherapy.

Anyway this is two interlinked questions as a translation of the first occurrence of unbewusstes “Aus-sich-heraus-Schöpfen” may not be usable for the next one of Kreative Menschen schöpfen aus sich selbst heraus....
Example sentence:

To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own ... we must plumb the depths of our own psyches including the deep

Reference:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german-to-english/poetry-literature/907000-die-welt-dreht-sich-aus-sich-heraus.html

Peer comment(s):
neutral Andrew Bramhall : " unconsciously" and " from one's own depths" a possible pleonasm/tautology?
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inspired from within

.......we begin to journey toward being inspired from within.
https://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/Wilson11.html

Inspired from within. Mary-Jo is a self taught artist who tries to capture and interpret how she sees nature by creating one of a kind wire sculptures.
https://zenfirepottery.ca/mary-jo-carter-dodd/
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externalize one's creative potential/strength/forces

Would be my choice
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visceral creativity


Chapter 18 VISCERAL CREATIVITY Organic Creativity in Teaching Arts/Dance Education Celeste Snowber The body is the canvas for creativity. We paint with ...


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Note added at 14 hrs (2020-10-06 03:36:58 GMT)
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in the sense of "gut feeling"
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