Creative vision and inspiration of Shona stone sculptors

Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-192

  Ngara, Constantine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Creative vision; Giftedness; Inspiration; Talent attributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956276655     PISSN: 19313896     EISSN: 1931390X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017475     Document Type: Article

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