LESSON 1 - DEFINING CREATIVITY

WHAT IS CREATIVITY?

Creativity is the ability to think up and design new inventions, produce works of art, solve problems in new ways, or develop an idea based on an original, novel, or unconventional approach.

MY DEFINITION OF CREATIVITY

creativity is something which is easy to obtain if you always have the positive mindset. it is very hard if you keep a negative mindset. if you have successfully do something creative. it will make you very satisfied.

MYTH OF CREATIVITY

there are many myth about creativity made by someone which keeps a negative mindset.

From Human Motivation, 3rd ed., by Robert E. Franken:

Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or

possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and

entertaining ourselves and others.

Three reasons why people are motivated to be creative:

1. need for novel, varied, and complex stimulation
2. need to communicate ideas and values
3. need to solve problems

SO, WHAT IS 'CREATIVITY'

Creativity is a Process, an attitude and an ability.

CREATIVITY AS AN ABILITY

A simple definition is that creativity is the ability to imagine or invent something new. Creativity is not the ability to create out of nothing, but the ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas. Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant, while others are just simple, good, practical ideas that no one seems to have thought of yet.

CREATIVITY AS AN ATTITUDE

the ability to accept change and newness, a willingness to play with ideas and possibilities, a flexibility of outlook, the habit of enjoying the good, while looking for ways to improve it.

CREATIVITY AS A PROCESS

Creative people work hard and continually to improve ideas and solutions, by making gradual alterations and refinements to their works. Contrary to the mythology surrounding creativity, very, very few works of creative excellence are produced with a single stroke of brilliance or in a frenzy of rapid activity.