Creativity 101
Creativity: Using the Imagination, or Original Ideas, Especially in the Production of Artistic Work.
Synonyms: Inventiveness, Imagination, Innovation, Originality, Individuality, Artistry, Inspiration, Vision.
According to Psychology Today, Even People in Fields Which Are Not Traditionally Creative Must Come Up With New Ideas and Insights In Order To Make Progress.
How Can We Be More Creative In Our Thinking?
Creativity Has Been Linked To "Conducive Environments, Perfect Collaborators, Personality Traits, Serendipity, and Spiritual Muses." (Psychology Today)
(Gotta Love the Muse!)
In an Article in Psychology Today, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl Listed 10 Traits of Creative Individuals.
This Guy Studied Creativity and Highly Creative People For More Than 30 Years!
He Knows What He's Talking About.
He Calls Creativity "Full-Blast Living."
The Author goes on to Say: "Most of the Things That Are Interesting, Important, and Human Are the Result of Creativity."
Our Lives Seem to be Fuller When We're Being Creative.
Maybe Only "Sex, Sports, Music, and Religious Ecstacy...Provide a Profound Sense of Being Part of an Entity Greater Than Ourselves."
Here are the Author and Researcher's 10 Traits of Creative People:
1. They Have a Lot of Physical Energy. but They are also Often Quiet and At Rest. They Can Work Long Hours, With Great Concentration, and a Controlled Energy. They are Not Ruled by Calendars or Schedules. They Have Strong Libidos, but Times of "Spartan Celibacy" May Lead to Some Superior Achievements.
2. Their General Intelligence is High, Yet They May Be Naive. In Fact, a Certain Mental and Emotional Immaturity May Go Hand-In-Hand With Creativity and Deep Insight.
3. They Combine Playfulness and Discipline. Along With a Child-Like Playfulness Comes a Dogged Persistence and Perseverance. They Are Responsible and Irresponsible At the Same Time.
4. They Alternate Between Imagination and Fantasy, and Being Grounded in Reality.
5. They Are Both Introverted and Extroverted, and Can Exhibit Both Traits Simultaneously.
6. They Are Humble and Proud At the Same Time.
7. They Combine the Strengths of Both Sexes.
8. They Are Both Rebellious and Conservative.
9. They Are Both Passionate and Objective About Their Work.
10. They Enjoy the Process of Creation For its Own Sake. Their Openness and Sensitivity, However, May Expose Them To Suffering and Pain, but Will Also Bring Them Much Joy.
A Lot of Yin and Yang There!
How Many Traits of Creative Individuals Do You Have?
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This is wonderful. As a Psychotherapist in Studio City, CA. where there are many creative people because the studios are there. I have learned when someone creates work or is attracted to another's, art, film, TV, Book etc. The individual has identified with the creation and it usually reflects struggles they are experiencing in life.
I guess people are attracted to things that are likely to have some impact on their lives, Ward. We probably like to watch movies because there's some identification with ourselves and our struggles or triumphs, whether real or fantasy. Thank you for commenting.
Is it a bit boastful and not humble to say I have a lot? hahaha... ("They Are Humble and Proud At the Same Time"). ("They Combine the Strengths of Both Sexes").My brain is 40% man's brain- I checked...))
A lot of other things apply, too..:)
Great post, thanks...made my day... Hope you know I have a great sense of humour and self-irony- why is it not marked there?
I found I identified with a lot of it too, Vera. How did you check your brain? I hope not a frontal lobotomy. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me. :)
I did have a bottle(of milk)... a right guess... and some test...
and I know some things about myself, too.:)
Shall we do it together? I will try to use my feminine part and you use your whole undiagnosed yet... can be funny...But where can we take a Neanderthal ?:)
Refrigerator is not small, but cold...:)Funnily enough, we concentrated on Neanderthal...How about Bunny?
He wasn't sticking out his tongue in that one photo 'cause he didn't like the mushrooms, Paul! :)
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One of the reasons I love making things is, the more I make the more ideas I get. Fascinating Rick, thanks!
Thanks, Michael. Ideas do seem to feed off each other.