Questionnaire about defining what creativity is and how people think it effects them in day to day life.
I have found the answers to this questionnaire really useful to gain an understanding about what peoples opinions are on creativity. In terms of the first question it is clear to see that the definition of creativity is not easy to pinpoint each description is slightly different which highlights that this is a word that is hard to define which is discussed in the book The cambridge handbook of creativity. Kaufman and Sternberg (2010) discus how the research into creativity is sometimes seen as not being a legitimate area of study, they put forward that this could be because it is so hard to define the word creative, so intern people see the study of creative thought in the same eyes which is not the case especially with quickly advancing technology the study into creativity has never been so far advanced.
Kaufman, J. C. and
Sternberg, R. J. 2010. The Cambridge handbook of creativity. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
1. What do you
think 'creativity' is?
- A passion for visual ephemera. It is the
act of imagine and idea's creation.
- Having an interest in and engaging in
subjects that require independent thought.
- Working with your imagination, being to
create ideas and answers to problems without a written formula or existing
patterns to follow. You are fabricating ideas form your imagination.
- A small part of thinking and acting on
doing something with those ideas. inventiveness, imagination, art, music,
words, acting.
- The part of the brain that does not work
with facts, order and statistics that is free in it's way of thinking, whether
it be with writing or visuals.
- An itch to scratch, a wonderful,
satisfying itch to scratch.
- Creativity to me is the turning of ideas into reality. In whatever area
of life we can have a creative idea, and not only humans, we see birds dropping
stones onto eggs to open them, monkeys using sticks to access honey...but this
is creating tools. We as designers use 'imagination' to bring to life and into
fruition ideas (for a reason usually) in a tangible format.
- Putting an original idea into action.
- Effective and/or unique solutions to problems. Be it, what to wear in
the morning or how best to rebrand a butchers.
- It is the process in which you create something through any means, but
the process to create many involve many different humans emotions, actions or
reactions. To participate in creativity one must enact a form of self
expression in order to produce something that didn't previously exist.
-The ability to create. A starting point. A means of overcoming,
bypassing or solving problems. A lot of fun, but not always easy.
- creativity is acting outside the bounds of normal society and culture.
In the modern capitalist world we work pointless menial jobs where we are
alienated from the product that we produce, this is a betrayal of what makes us
human: that is our ability to visualise something in our mind and bring it into
being. in this context creativity is an act of rebellion against a system of
drudgery, it is a spanner in the works of the capitalist machine and it is
whisper of better world that might yet come.
-The ability to come up with and adapt already existing ideas.
- When you make stuff up using whats in your head from what you see and
that.
- Full of ideas, Smart, Clever.
- The process of having unique thoughts and ideas about the arts and being
able to apply those into a physical form.
- Is the way to express yourself out of your body using the art to use
your body and tools
- 4
people said no
3. If you answered yes, what do you think is
'creative' about yourself? If you answered no, why do you think you are not
'creative'?
- I enjoy drawing and writing, and generally doing things that are
considered creative. I engaged more with art related 'creative' subjects
throughout my education, and struggled to concentrate with more academic
subjects.
- I think being able to visualise how things
will look and want to realise the ideas I think about in my head.
- My imagination
- I am terrible at methodical things such as maths, remembering facts and
science. I am always thinking about my projects and how my concepts can make
sense, and I love visual things. I look at the layout, stock and images of a
book rather than the words.
· Everything
- Imagination, the need to have knowledge
and to demonstrate my directed imagination in a way that can entertain,
confuse, emote or any outcome I or my clients require.
- I think I'm well trained and naturally adept in thinking up effective, and hopefully unique solutions to problems or situations that arise
- I think I’m creative because I make things
that respond to problems, and produce my responses through methods that engage
process and perspective that can be viewed as 'creative' as they are different
from the norm which would be seen as uncreative
·
- My brain and my eyes and my hands when
they're applied to the right medium.
·
- Because when I see a wall I see a wall I don't even see the bricks
anymore
- Express our ideas
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- Because I don't create much.
-
- I can think of ideas that are unique to me
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- My pictures
4. If
you answered yes to being 'creative', do you think this helps you in your profession?
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2 people said no
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2 people skipped question
5. Do you have any comments about
'creativity'?
· I think that anyone who is creative should
not shy away from this label, as it is a skill that is not only useful in
artistic subjects, but is something that can aid businesses and product
innovations. This will probably make me sound like a … , but society can't
really progress if people aren't thinking creatively.
- I think that everyone has some aspect of
creativity but not everyone has it in their personality to use it.
- I think having a creative personality
makes you more open minded, adaptable, fun, experimental & Happy.
- It is difficult to define, but I have
always been creative rather than methodical and so maybe people are on or the
other of those things
- Art to me, is everything. I'd be dead if
art didn't exist.
- It is a gift from God...simply that.
- I think everyone is genuinely creative, in
different ways. We all think up solutions to problems everyday, but I think
creativity in the sense of making and producing stuff, rather than solving
problems for your boss is definitely schooled out of people. Everyone,
literally everyone enjoyed art lessons in school - there's a reason why - it's
natural to be creative, it's in our DNA - we enjoy making! Yet we had art
lessons once a week and maths/science about 15. It's schooled out of us, even
though we're born creative - the first thing we do as a toddler is scribble
stickmen not algebra.
- I think that everyone is creative, some
just exploit and perfect the attribute more than others. I think everyone has
the capacity to be a creative and it can truly benefit everyone's lives, I
think the value of creativity is vastly underestimated in every industry
- I do yeah. Anybody can be creative and
creativity can present itself at any time, just because some people choose to
harness it on a professional level doesn't mean they are necessarily naturally
and consistently creative, and by no means the most creative people;
opportunity and luck play a big part in who can/does and cannot/does-not
express their creativity. It's also not exclusive to the arts, even though they
do require certain relative types of creativity, this is true also for things
like business or sport, which I think is a neglected thought.
- - Don't sell your creativity to "the
man"
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- I do things in a more mechanical way. I do
consider some things about me to be creative, but not really.
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- - Without creativity, we would all be very
boring
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- I hope this talent that everyone got will
be use that now
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