“Imagination
is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you
imagine and at last you create what you will.” —— George Bernard Shaw ( Irish literary Critic,
Playwright and Essayist, 1856-1950 )
Since the day we born as human being, we are naturally creative and always generate new ideas, and the process of producing new ideas, solutions and inventions is what we called as creative process. The definition of the word "Creativity" has been long argued among many scholar and researchers; but in fact things turned out that creativity simply cannot be defined. Creativity is a way of thinking, where thinking is the most complicated subject which still defined as a mystery of anthropology. But what makes "Creativity" special is it's a revolution of thinking, people with creativity sees the same things as others but thinks differently. One fact stats out that the world needs normal humans to keep operating, yet is creative people who regenerate the world.
Now back to the topic, creative process has involved the novelty and innovation. Adapted from Wikipedia, novelty is the quality of being new, or following from that, of being striking, original or unusual. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension (e.g. a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract art or impressionism) it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals. While innovation is the process of making improvements by introducing something new, the realization of a creative idea in a social context. So by understanding and analyzing the old perceptive, then combine together with a new idea which is replicable at an economical cost and must satisfy a specific need.; we composed an invention which enhance the old idea and fulfill the new needs.
For examples, in some rural areas such as India, incubators are limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. And now Jane Chen is showing an invention that will eventually save the lives and it's becoming a community based solution for the poor communities.
Since the day we born as human being, we are naturally creative and always generate new ideas, and the process of producing new ideas, solutions and inventions is what we called as creative process. The definition of the word "Creativity" has been long argued among many scholar and researchers; but in fact things turned out that creativity simply cannot be defined. Creativity is a way of thinking, where thinking is the most complicated subject which still defined as a mystery of anthropology. But what makes "Creativity" special is it's a revolution of thinking, people with creativity sees the same things as others but thinks differently. One fact stats out that the world needs normal humans to keep operating, yet is creative people who regenerate the world.
Now back to the topic, creative process has involved the novelty and innovation. Adapted from Wikipedia, novelty is the quality of being new, or following from that, of being striking, original or unusual. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension (e.g. a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract art or impressionism) it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals. While innovation is the process of making improvements by introducing something new, the realization of a creative idea in a social context. So by understanding and analyzing the old perceptive, then combine together with a new idea which is replicable at an economical cost and must satisfy a specific need.; we composed an invention which enhance the old idea and fulfill the new needs.
For examples, in some rural areas such as India, incubators are limited by cost and distance, and millions of premature babies die each year. And now Jane Chen is showing an invention that will eventually save the lives and it's becoming a community based solution for the poor communities.
Yes, it's the creativity save and change the world. Creative thinking actually can be done by everyone, it's just depends on how we think, and do we accept the creativity of our own. A person who always bounded by "logical" and "rules" would never develop a good idea because creativity cannot be learnt from books but generate the values by your own.
—— Silver ( Lew Ching Zian )
Basically it's common to hear this kind of comment from normal people, where they claimed that creativity is a thing which only can apply on art industries. It is sad to see that people still misunderstand and wrongly define the meaning or the uses of creativity. Now I could understand that why they always said that "Creative people are hardly being appreciated." In fact, creativity is the starting point when we are going to invent and "create" everything. Think out of the box, breaking the blind spot, then we only can get something new.
ReplyDeleteCreativity not only will bring the business opportunities, sometimes it can can save a life. Jane Chen's invention is a pretty good example. She has used her creativity to save not only one but thousands of life. And not only for designers, the scientists also need the creativity, they will only discover something new if they try out something new. The truth is, many great people that we known were isolated by the people surround them before they succeed. The reason which they've been isolated was due to the crowd doesn't accept their "creative" and "illogical" thinking; and the most ironic part that it is the "creative" and "illogical" ideas had brought them to the road of success and make them so stand out from the others.
Last but not least, people should appreciate the creativity, which is actually a gift from the God. Without the creativity, the society wouldn't possibly progress. I'm starting to be grateful with everything I have, isn't the personal computer which I'm owning is a product based on creativity? Yes, it is. The importance of creativity should have always been reminded and appreciated by the society, especially when it is a necessary part to improve the global life. This is what I have learnt in the creative studies of this week.