Idea, Energy, and Power: Sayers’s Creative Process Model and the Storytelling of Jay O’Callahan

<p>This research uses an adaptation of Dorothy L. Sayers's 3-step theory of creativity to analyze the self-described creation process of contemporary storyteller Jay O'Callahan. Sayers wrote that Idea, Energy, and Power are foundational elements of the creative process. Idea is the invisible image that provides vision and unity throughout a project. The Energy is the working out of art into a medium. The Power is the connective force that binds artist to art and both to audience. (Sayers, 1987). This hermeneutical study develops subcategories within each of those 3 primary elements of creativity, then uses qualitative methods to explore connectivity to the creation process of O'Callahan. It was concluded that a high levels of correlation can be drawn between the Idea, Energy, Power model and O'Callahan's methods of story construction and delivery.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Reading

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Reynolds, Rebecca K

• storytelling
• Jay O'Callahan
• Creativity
• Dorothy Sayers
• Idea
• Energy
• Power
• Anthropology
• Linguistic Anthropology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1418

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2611