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In moving into a new kind of world, nurses are encouraged to look ahead and be innovative by transcending to new ways of using nursing knowledge while embracing a new worldview. “We need to recognize that we’re going to have to use our imagination more and more” (Rogers, 1994). On that note, the author in this paper explicates Rogers’ science of unitary human beings in a creative way relating it to painting. In addition, the author also explores works derived from Rogers’ science such as Butcher’s (1993) and Cowling’s (1997), which are here discussed in light of an artwork. A painting is presented with the unpredictability, creativity, and the “dance of color and light” (Butcher, 1993) is appreciated through comprehending essence, pandimensionality, and wholeness.

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Butcher Cowling painting pandimensionality Rogers science of unitary human beings wholeness

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The Science of Unitary Human Beings in a Creative Perspective

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