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Love and Creativity – Paradoxal but Important Human Virtues

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  • Kaarina Määttä
  • Satu Uusiautti

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Love and creativity represent a fascinating, mysterious, and paradoxal world and an analogous one as well, fromthis perspective. The present article shows that many features are common to the essence of love and creativity.The aim of this article is to analyze and pull together the discussion that researchers have had concerning thephenomena of love and creativity. In this article, our purpose is to define the essence of these two concepts andproduce an illustration of their interconnectedness through discussing factors that are in common to these twohuman features. Noticing the connection between these two concepts is important because they both can affecthuman well-being in a profound manner.

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  • Kaarina Määttä & Satu Uusiautti, 2011. "Love and Creativity – Paradoxal but Important Human Virtues," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 3(2), pages 266-266, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ijpsjl:v:3:y:2011:i:2:p:266
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    1. Satu Uusiautti & Kaarina Määttä, 2010. "What kind of employees become awarded as Employees of the Year in Finland?," Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, vol. 6(6), pages 53-73, November.
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