What is Creativity?
Well, Creativity is the ability to create something new through imaginative skill. The creation can be a product, a process, or a work of art. Creativity is a prerequisite for success in any field, including business, science, and of course, the arts. It is not enough to come up with ideas: creativity also involves identifying and refining ideas worth pursuing. Creativity plays a key role in the positive change process to life as in the healing process.
Creativity and People:
Some people seem to have a knack for this. According to researcher S. Weisburd, creative people:
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are driven to create order or beauty (yet tolerate ambiguity)
are driven by the process of creativity rather than the rewards
are excited by new or unusual problems
make unexpected connection in solving problems
take risks and operate at the boundaries of their competence
Education is not a prerequisite for creativity, but creative people do tend to exhibit a high degree of intelligence. This is because knowledge is one of the raw materials in the creative process. Sanity is not a prerequisite either! In fact, creativity requires a little mental looseness, as we shall discuss.
If you do not have the creative personality, fear not! Creativity is a naturally occurring process, so everyone has the ability to some degree. It is what helps children learn so quickly in their formative years. Though many of us lose the ability to think imaginatively as we grow older, creativity can be rekindled.
Individuals who seem more creative than others are in sync with the creative process, either on a conscious or subconscious level. Those who have trouble coming up with ideas are out of touch with the process. Rekindling creativity starts with understanding how the creative process works. This awareness will allow you to harness and nurture it, thereby achieving your creative potential.
