Creativity 101

Engender. This is the literal meaning of the term creativity and that is obtained by establishing its etymological origin. An origin found in Latin and specifically in the verb to create.

Creativity is understood as the faculty that someone has to create and the creative capacity of an individual. It consists of finding procedures or elements to develop tasks in a different way than the traditional one, with the intention of satisfying a certain purpose. Creativity allows personal or group wishes to be fulfilled in a faster, simpler, more efficient or economical way.

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Starting from these meanings, we could establish the following sentences as an example: “Miguel de Cervantes was praised for his great creativity thanks to which one of the masterpieces of Spanish Literature, Don Quixote, was born” or “José was an inventor who, without a doubt, some, owed part of his success to his creativity as he was able to create the most unique and striking devices.

Creativity is associated with original thinking.

Creativity and originality

Generating ideas and promoting novel proposals is also known as inventiveness, original thinking, divergent thinking, or constructive imagination. These are concepts and notions that describe the predisposition to invent something (that is, take advantage of and make use of ingenuity), the ability to find original paths and the will to transform the environment.

From various branches and disciplines, science is responsible for putting creativity in focus, in search of solutions, answers and precise logical terms. Inventiveness can be viewed from a technical perspective as a process, as a personality trait, or as a product.

In art, creativity is a highly valued value.

The concept in psychology and sociology

For psychology, divergent thinking is an activity protected by imagination, which consists of carrying out a new action or the same plan but in a different way. Many specialists have analyzed the relationship between creativity and intelligence.

For sociology, on the other hand, the constructive imagination arises from the intervention of three variables: the field (social groups), the domain (the area or discipline) and the individual. This means that an individual makes changes within the framework of a domain that are analyzed from a social group.

On a more general scale, it can be affirmed that a creative subject enjoys self- confidence, sharpness of perception, intuitive capacity, imagination, enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity.

Creativity in art

In the artistic field, the creativity of the author of a work in question is often measured by comparing it with other contemporaries. Among the different measures that exist to rate the degree of ease of creation and innovation that an artist in question has, parameters such as fluidity, originality, sensitivity, abstraction, synthesis or flexibility are used.

Continuing in this field we can determine that throughout history there have been many painters, sculptors or writers who have been admired for their large doses of creativity. This would be the case, for example, of artists of the stature of the Dutch painter Van Gogh.

And the same can be said of the American filmmaker and screenwriter David Lynch, whose filmography is considered one of the most creative and original of the seventh art. And it is that, among other things, in his films he always bets on introducing surrealist or even Dadaist elements.