Often the idea of creation could be brought close to the idea of a God character, and people also often create art as a critique of society, a way of communicating their views. Even if art isn’t a direct critique of something that someone views as wrong, much of aesthetically driven art could be said to be an image of an ideal world or situation.

Peck mentions “the art of exercising power.” Although he often refers to things as “art” in his book - such as practicing the art of psychiatry, etc - this specific reference reminds me of Nietzsche’s belief that the height of power was in the creative act. His idea of an ubermensch was Goethe, a poet. Definitely a far cry from money or violence oriented thoughts we tend to associate with “power.”