Creativity and what is it?

This has taken me some more thought than usual and as a result it is a bit late but this is what I have found on the subject.

Simply to start, creativity is described as being something that is thought of and would be considered a new idea or concept. But it can also be already existing ideas that have been re-worked and mixed between other ideas, wether that be a new or another existing concept. The creativity would exist in the final result or to word that better exist in the mind of the one who visualised the final result of that combination.

So if creativity is something that can be visualised can it be a process as well?

I think that it can, because if you look at people who work on the art for games for example, they must have an image or thought upon what that they are making or drawing is going to look like. They need some form of thought process, for them to create something that doesn't already exist. And that same amount of imagination and thought is required when changing something like the Reservoir Dogs from a film to a game, because the way in which you interact with a film is completely different to how you would a game.

You watch a film but you play the game so the way in which the game progressess is due to the player but the film continues on its own. The creativity between the two is simple to see, the thought process that is creativity lies within the use of a game and how the player would interact with a film of which was completely out of their control.

Is creativity hindered or enhanced by technical advances?

I dont think that it does either, I beleive that with the correct amount of work and thought gone into an idea or concept creativity will always be their. The only thing that will be effected by technical advance is the final reult of that creativity.

After reading Dan Grossman's site about creativity I was impressed by how he mentioned Robinsons oppinon on the current educational system. He in short mentioned how he thought that it was ( for lack of a better word ) a waste and that they cultivate a narrow set of skills–typically related to mathematics and language–at the expense of many others.

I myself got a D in maths at year 9 and decided then that I knew that I was never going to use any form of maths complicated enough to include letters. So instead of concentrating during maths I would use my math book as a way of doodling new ideas for art. What im trying to say is that unless you feel you need something like long division you should have the choice to flourish in something that you find inspiring and that you will use in a future career.

Robinsons fear is that we are stuck in one frame of mind and not preparing ourselves for the future. And I would have to agree on the principle of only wanting to do well in art and not in maths because I found it boring and un-inspiring.

I myself rate creativity very highly as it is what drives me to do what I do every day and I think that as a country we dont encourage it enough.

Cya next time. Keep creative!!!