Poiesis: creation, production, formation, poetic arts

The Greek term "poiesis" is the origin of the word poesy, which gives rise to the poetic, and poetry. At The Sophia Group, our relationship to the Greek concept is a strong and fully conscious one that permeates everything we do.

Our belief in the creative potential of all people and in all applications of our endeavors means that we prioritize the sensual and ocular elements of work so that even the simplest project or gesture has a poetic element. In this way, the poetic is a factor of our ethos of piety and harmony. For to be in tune with the totality of our creative potential as a corporate entity we must understand the origin of the concepts of creativity for the Ancient Greeks. Poetic endeavors involve both rational and intuitive, non-rational ways of thinking and ways of being.

For The Sophia Group, poiesis is a core value because there is no beauty without it. Without beauty, there is no life, there is no harmonious relationship to nature, to other beings, and to other people. True creativity comes from an understanding in this inter-connectedness between nature, human beings, and life and death. For all beauty, all art, all creativity is at its root poetic. Thus all creativity speaks a truth rooted in an essential understanding of the dynamic between life and death.