This thesis examines the formation of thought and the separate functions of the left and right brains, emphasizing the scientific basis of creative thinking. It explains the cause and effect relationship of thought and some possible methods for reconstructing an individual's belief system to produce desired effects. This reconstruction process is then applied in the form of subconscious programming to art, dance, and acting instruction. Three methods of subconscious programming are reviewed: visualization, physicalization, and characterization. (Author/JDD)