Week 1: Creativity

Creativity is one of the definition being explored is - the generation of new ideas or a new way of doing things. Creativity is the ability to think up and design new inventions, produce works of art, solve problems in new ways, or develop an idea based on an original, novel, or unconventional approach.

Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art, a novel, a joke, etc.) that has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways.

For me Creativity is the new way expression, expression is not only about art, you can express about everything. Like chef, they can express about their food, they can improve their food with creativity. Or like a taxi driver, they can find another way to reach the passenger destination as soon as possible, this one also including the creativity.

Creativity is defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas, alternatives, or

possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and

entertaining ourselves and others.

Three reasons why people are motivated to be creative:

need for novel, varied, and complex stimulation

need to communicate ideas and values

need to solve problems

Ways that "creativity" is commonly used:

1. Persons who express unusual thoughts, who are interesting and stimulating - in short, people who appear to unusually bright.

2. People who experience the world in novel and original ways. These are (personally creative) individuals whose perceptions are fresh, whose judgments are insightful, who may make important discoveries that only they know about.

3. Individuals who have changes our culture in some important way. Because their achievement are by definition public, it is easier to write about them. (e.g., Leonardo, Edison, Picasso, Einstein, etc.)

Like I said before, Creativity can use by people who not only just the painters or graphic designer, creativity can be use by chef, taxi driver, teacher, or even parents in teaching something new to their kids.

So what is 'Creativity'?

A simple definition is that creativity is the ability to imagine or invent something new. Creativity is not the ability to create out of nothing, but the ability to generate new ideas by combining, changing, or reapplying existing ideas. Some creative ideas are astonishing and brilliant, while others are just simple, good, practical ideas that no one seems to have thought of yet.