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A slightly different Boot to the Head...


OK, I think that tonight I am going to be very boring and just write about what I have read on Wikipedia about creativity.


This would be because of a combination of ow my leg hurts and gah I can't think of anything to say and I want to save any interesting stuff I think of for tomorrow's blog.


So...


Creativity (or "creativeness") is a mental process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations between existing ideas or concepts.

From a scientific point of view, the products of creative thought (sometimes referred to as divergent thought) are usually considered to have both originality and appropriateness. An alternative, more everyday conception of creativity is that it is simply the act of making something new. - Wikipedia


(I found a problem with writing about Wikipedia already...use English Ra damn you! Not everyone can understand technobable!)


I know, I know, I know!


I'll write about what it says about social attitudes to creativity!


Although the benefits of creativity to society as a whole have been noted,[52] social attitudes about this topic remain divided. The wealth of literature regarding the development of creativity[53] and the profusion of creativity techniques indicate wide acceptance, at least among academics, that creativity is desirable.

There is, however, a dark side to creativity, in that it represents a "quest for a radical autonomy apart from the constraints of social responsibility".[54] In other words, by encouraging creativity we are encouraging a departure from society's existing norms and values. Expectation of conformity runs contrary to the spirit of creativity. Nevertheless, employers are increasingly valuing creative skills. A report by the Business Council of Australia, for example, has called for a higher level of creativity in graduates.[55] The ability to "think outside the box" is highly sought after. However, the above-mentioned paradox may well imply that firms pay lipservice to thinking outside the box while maintaining traditional, hierarchical organization structures in which individual creativity is not rewarded.
- WIKIPEDIA


IN ENGLISH - Society says that creativity is a good thing to a creative persons face then laughs about it behind their backs. Firms are supposed to encourage creativity but don't so they don't have staff members thinking creativity about what they're supposed to be doing and wondering why the hell they're either stuck in a job like this or find a way of doing things that messes with the status quo.


Creativity is desirable in Universities most of the time but they're wrong in saying it's well come in all academics because most schools are only interested in grades....


I'm beginning to get the feeling that creativity is found in people who like causing trouble and being different because that seems to be how every site I've come across terms it as 'breaking the mold' and 'free from constraints of society'...


Well, I only have one more blog to put up before Battle Revolution comes out, and that will be on the conference I've got to go to tomorrow morning...


I'll see you all either tomorrow or next week,


Joey


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