Ecstasy is the accurate term for the intensity of consciousness that occurs in the creative act.
The ultimate error is the refusal to look evil in the face.
Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.
It is highly significant and indeed almost a rule, that moral courage has its source in such identification through one's own sensitivity with suffering of one's fellow human beings." (p. 16-17)
Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.
By whatever name one calls it, genuine creativity is characterized by an intensity of awareness, a heightened consciousness.