Abstract
The article notes that the processes of total globalisation, digitalisation and social upheavals have brought to the fore a sense of existential emptiness, which, together with the need to find meaning in life amidst an unstable reality, has become a central theme of contemporary philosophy. It has been established that the existential vacuum, conceptualised by V. Frankl, is a dangerous and destructive challenge of our globalised and digitalised age, in which individuals lose confidence in themselves and their abilities and are no longer able to independently perceive the meaning of life and their own value in the world. In the context of modern socio-cultural challenges, existential emptiness has become especially tangible. It transforms traditional ideas about identity and life purpose, nurturing semantic uncertainty as a global problem. It is determined that humanity is not deprived of mechanisms that can reanimate its existence and force it to take a responsible attitude towards its own self-organization and self-identification in the world. Philosophical anthropology states that the fundamental characteristic of human existence is creativity – a specific means of self-realization of the individual, which forms its spiritual essence and modifies the surrounding world., the way out of which can be creativity – a specific means of self-realization of the individual, which forms its spiritual essence and modifies the surrounding world. It is a specific bridge that makes it possible to transition from a state of vacuum to an active discovery of the meaning of life. New life meanings are realized through meaning-making, self-realization, transformative, communicative-cultural and existential-integrative functions. Filling the existential vacuum, creativity allows us to build new meanings, rethink experience and form an active life position. This ability of hers is extremely productively realized in philosophy, psychology, and art therapy.
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