creativity 2

The second video expresses the idea that creativity is about creation. I have always associated the word "creative" with the word "artistic", thinking the words to be synonymous. Similar to the other videos, I feel that this misconception comes from my art background. All my life I have heard artists being described as creative. Although this may be true, I realized that this is not what creativity is all about. To be creative is to create something, no matter what the domain. The source for this idea comes from the week two reading from The Handbook of Creativity by R.J. Sternberg (pages 3-15). The reading opened me up to the idea that just because something is "artistic" doesn't mean it is creative. That is, one can be creative without making art. Creativity is not about art. Creativity is about creation.

The text in this video is simply asking the question "What do you think of when you think of the word 'creative'?" over and over again. This places the responsibility of figuring out the content of the video on the audience. It should make the viewer second guess their preconceived notions of simple word definitions, that is, the word creative and the word art. That is, What does 'creative' really mean? and What does 'art' really mean?

The images in the second video include a photo of Pablo Picasso, a photo of Michelangelo's David, a still shot of the musical, RENT; an image of Charles Schulz's cartoon dog Snoopy, an photo of a building facade, a photo of an Apple iphone, a photo of a woman using a Leonardo da Vinci invention, a photo of a seashell, and a photo of the sky. The first four images are meant to be obvious answers to the question, "What do you think of when you think of the word 'creative'?" The images include a famous artist, a famous work of art, a famous play, and a famous cartoon: all of which are widely considered to be creative art forms.

The images then start to push the boundaries between art and creativity. The building, iphone, and da Vinci invention all seem to answer the question (Is this creative?) by saying, "Yes, I'd say that is creative, but it isn't what I thought of at first." The last two images are of natural forms: a seashell and the sky. I chose these images because of their natural yet everyday wonder. I chose a seashell because of the connection to da Vinci's work on Divine Proportion (otherwise known as the Golden Ratio). I chose the image of the sky because it is a good example of something that a creator, god, (in many different religions/belief systems) has made. This leads to the idea that creativity is not about art. Creativity is about creation.

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[joe64716]

Read margaret boden. Her new stuff deals with these questions.

[ArmandoAbisai]

I LOVE IT ... NICE WORK !!!

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