Saturday, May 10, 2008

Various Perspectives on Creativity

"Creativity is the process of bringing something new into birth"(R. May, 1959)

"To be considered creative, a product or response must be novel...and appropriate" (Hennessey and Amabile, 1988)

"Creativity is the disposition to make and to recognize valuable innovations"(Lasswell, cited in Faburn, 1968)

"The creative process is any thinking process which solves a problem in an original and useful way" (Fox, cited in Faburn, 1968)

"Many creative ideas are the product of combining previously unrelated ideas" (Why Worry, Starring Harold Lloyd, 1923)

This last definition coincides with the scribble activities that we did this semester which allowed us to make a connection and relationship between our three scribble portraits. This gave us the opportunity to use our imaginations and to think outside the box!

Creativity is Forever-Gary Davis, Chapter 3

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