Creativity is a mental skill Creativity is a mental skill. It involves a high degree of awareness, and the ability to deal with concepts. You want the ability to create new concepts through differentiation and integration. Differentiation is when you split things (objects, events, etc.) under different concepts. So circle can be a perfect circle and an oval. The two share similar traits, but they are different in other traits. Differentiation is highlighting these differences and labeling them differently. Integration is the reverse of differentiation, and involves grouping different concepts together based on the similarities they share. Squares and circles are different, but theyre all shapes. A creative person is comfortable identifying similarities and differences. Taking a concept out of its original context and placing it in a new context. Merging concepts together to form a new concept. Spider and man... Spiderman. The flight of birds and man... airplanes. Natural laws are fairly rigid, but there is an infinite number of ways we can use them to our advantage. All innovation involves constructing things that didnt exist before, by shaping the things available at the time. I would also add the importance of directing your mental energy with a clearly defined purpose. Otherwise your thoughts will be too scattered to do much with concepts and to achieve any sort of fruitful outcome. quora/How-does-one-become-more-creative
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:06:33 +0000
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