Expanding the Boundaries of Self: Self-Realization, Trangression, and Creative Competence
Expanding the Boundaries of Self: Self-Realization, Trangression, and Creative Competence

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the issue of personal experience with regard to creative development. Humanistic-existential psychology emphasizes the individual’s ability to cross the boundaries of experience. The question remains, however, whether transgressive action is conducive to self-realization. This study considers results of research on the determinants of creative competence with regard to creative behaviors and transgressive actions. According to Kozielecki, transgression as a determinant of creative competencies means the ability to think and act innovatively, creatively, deliberately, and in a manner oriented toward a particular goal that lies beyond what seems possible (Kozielecki, 2007). From a transgressive perspective, creative competencies entail not only the ability to take transgressive action in both task-oriented situations and in different areas of life, but also the ability to expand one’s personal developmental resources.

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