Chapter 2
Personal growth
Before focussing on artistic growth I would first like to broaden the perspective and focus on personal growth in general. In 2.1 I try to do this from a phenotype perspective, or more specifically the part of our development that can only exist by connecting to a context. The nature of our connection to this context when we are young, gives us a script of how to deal with situations of connecting later in life. In 2.2 I will focus on this script, that tells us how to deal with situations where we have to take risks of allowing another person in while being protected enough. I will also focus on the connection between personal growth and mental health in 2.3.
2.1 Personal growth from a weak perspective