Creativi
Creativity; a
quick job
Logic comes afterwards.
It’s how we retrace our steps.
It‘s being wise after the event.
Before the event you have to be
very silly.
Creativity: defined
“ Imaginative activity fashioned so as to
produce outcomes that are both original
and of value.”
1.Thinking, behaving imaginatively
2. Being original
3. Having a purpose
4.Judging value
1. Thinking Imaginatively
Creativity is rooted in imagination and
our capacity for symbolic thought -
two worlds – imagining, shared
through languages = words, art,
music, etc.
At B.M. shared through art
and art facts
1. Feeling Imaginative
• Imagination is not an t ar
a b o u
intellectual process - a l ki ng
ust t
involves feelings, No t j
intuition, playful
imagination
• Creativity inextricable
from feelings:
enthusiasm - excitement
- hope - wonder - self
confidence
• Creativity requires a
language to
2. Being Original
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3. Having a Purpose
• Creativity is distinguished from just
‘imagining’ by action and purpose -
applied imagination - people are
actively engaged and deliberately
acting
• Creativity is not simply divergent
thinking - seeks resolution
4. Judging Value
• Creative process involves the
dynamic interplay between
generating ideas and making
judgments about them (RIDE).
• Creative activity will involve
experiment, risk, failure and dead
ends, judgment must embrace risk.
• But in the end we must have the
concept of value and purpose and be
able to judge this.
Today we are in imagine and invent mode
…environment excites curiosity
Display Curiosity Museums
Dahl Gallery Display
Intellectual
characteristics
• Fluency
• Originality
• Flexibility
• Playfulness
• IQ
Personality
characteristics
• Motivation
• Independence and autonomy
• High energy
Methods of problem solving
• Problem can be solved in two
ways:
– The Conventional Method
– The Creative Method
The Conventional Method
The Creative Method
Problem
Judging
Exploring
Analysis
Redefining
Using Logic, etc
Imagining
Resting Ideas
Generating
Evaluation
Ideas
Ideas
Solution
Brain the epicenter of all thoughts...
The Brain is our primary control
center, a complex organ containing
billions of nerves that can
simultaneously process information
from our bodies, operate our
internal organs, generate thoughts
and emotions, stores and recall
memories, and control movement.
Facts:
Brain Ø Brain uses 20% of your body's energy,
but it makes up only 2% of your body's weight.
Ø Needs constant blood and oxygen circulation.
Ø Brain itself is incapable of feeling pain.
Ø We can generate 70,000 thoughts in a day.
Ø Only 10% of brain is utilized.
Ø Your brain is divided into two sides.
o The left side of your brain controls the right
side of your body;
o The right side of your brain controls the left
side of your body.
Six Thinking Hat
• Edward de Bono’s invented the Six Thinking
Hats Method.
• Reasons to use the Six Thinking Hats are:
– To encourage parallel thinking
– To encourage full-spectrum thinking
– The key point is that a hat is a direction to
think rather than a label of thinking
The Red Hat
• What do you feel
about the
suggestion?
• What are your gut
reactions?
• What intuitions do
you have?
• Don’t think too
long or too hard.
The White Hat
• The information
seeking hat.
• What are the facts?
• What information is
available? What is
relevant?
• When wearing the
white hat we are
neutral in our
thinking.
The Yellow Hat
• The sunshine hat.
• It is positive and
constructive.
• It is about
effectiveness and
getting a job
done.
• What are the
benefits, the
advantages?
The Black Hat
• The caution hat.
• In black hat the
thinker points out
errors or pit-falls.
• What are the risks
or dangers
involved?
• Identifies
difficulties and
problems.
The Green Hat
• This is the creative
mode of thinking.
• Green represents
growth and
movement.
• In green hat we
look to new ideas
and solutions.
• Lateral thinking
wears a green hat.
The Blue Hat
• The control hat,
organising thinking
itself.
• Sets the focus,
calls for the use of
other hats.
• Monitors and
reflects on the
thinking processes
used.
• Blue is for
Six Thinking Hats
Informativ
Intuitive e Constructi
Creative ve
Reflective
Cautious
BARRIERS TO CREATIVITY
Creativity is Function of :
An excellent creativity in
this piece of art !
An excellent creativity in
this piece of art !
• TEN NATIONAL LEADERS
Mahatma Gandhi
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Rabindranath Tagor
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bhagat S ingh
Rajendra Prasad
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
Rajiv Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
An excellent creativity in
this piece of art !
“ you can’t force
creativity, but when
you allow yourself to
be open to it,
it will come on its
own.”
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