📹 PASSIVE CREATIVITY & Engaging the Creative Spirit
Those times when we stare at a blank canvas, unsure of our skills, without enough time, or just not feeling into it, learning how to …
How experiences influence creativity?
Travel offers numerous benefits, including sensory overload, exposure to different cultures, and solitude. Sensory overload stimulates creativity by exposing us to new sights, sounds, tastes, and textures. Engaging with different cultures expands our understanding of human behavior and societal structures, challenging beliefs and leading to innovative ideas. Additionally, travel provides moments of solitude, such as quiet moments on a secluded beach or introspective hours on a train ride, allowing us to process experiences, thoughts, and emotions, often resulting in creative insights.
What are 5 examples of creativity skills?
Creative skills are essential for success in both the workplace and personal life. Open-mindedness, curiosity, brainstorming, experimentation, networking, observation, organization, and communication are key to unlocking innovation and problem-solving excellence. Developing these skills can help inspire your team and spark ingenuity, which can propel your team to new heights. If you’re struggling to inspire your team or spinning out during brainstorming sessions, it may be a sign that you need to develop your creative skills. By learning to improve your creative thinking, you can showcase your new skills in your next job application and foster growth in your professional life.
How do I explain my creativity?
Creativity is a pivotal skill in the professional sphere, as it allows for the generation of novel ideas and innovative solutions. It is crucial for enhancing operational efficacy and securing a competitive advantage. It is incumbent upon candidates to demonstrate an understanding of the role of creativity in problem-solving and innovation, and to illustrate how they would contribute to the success of a company.
What are creative experiences?
Creative experiences are crucial for personal growth, fostering imagination, originality, and expressiveness. Artistic activities can enhance cognitive abilities, build self-esteem, and improve problem-solving skills. Visual arts like painting, drawing, and sculpture allow individuals to explore their imagination and experiment with different techniques and colors, allowing them to unleash their inner innovator.
Does creativity come from experience?
Kaufman’s ‘Four C’ model of creativity suggests that it begins with personal meaningful interpretations of experience (mini-c), progresses to everyday problem-solving and creative expression (little-c), and culminates in Pro-C and Big-C creativity. Creativity is defined as the use of skill and imagination to produce something new or art with real-world purpose. Some notable creative individuals include Alexander Graham Bell, Nicola Tesla, Mark Zuckerberg, Ada Lovelace, and Simone Giertz. Psychologist James Kaufman suggests that Giertz displays Pro-C creativity, while Edison could be considered displaying Big-C creativity, which is creative and eminent.
However, it is challenging to view creativity as something that can be nurtured or taught, and it is likely associated with measurable forms of intelligence (IQ). Roger Beaty, a cognitive neuroscientist at Harvard University, conducted a study to determine if creative people have different brains. He and his team used connectome-based prediction modeling (CPM) to correlate creativity scores with all possible brain connections, predicting aspects of human behavior from functional connectivity patterns.
In conclusion, creativity is a complex concept that can be nurtured or taught, but it is essential to recognize that not everyone is an eminent inventor or revered artist. The four C’s model provides a framework for understanding the various forms of creativity and their impact on individuals.
What is your experience with creativity?
In an interview, a good example of creativity can be chosen by showcasing a specific project or situation that showcases your ability to think creatively and generate new ideas. Explain your problem-solving process, including the steps taken to identify and solve the problem, and how you generated and evaluated different ideas. This will give the interviewer a sense of your critical thinking skills and ability to approach challenges in a structured and methodical way.
Describe the results, including the outcomes and impact of your idea, to help the interviewer understand the value and potential impact of your creativity on the organization. Reflect on the experience and reflect on what you learned from it to grow as a professional. Practice and rehearse your answer beforehand to feel more confident and prepared during the interview. Finally, connect the example with the role, explaining how the skills used in the example are relevant to the role you are applying for.
What is creativity and examples of creativity?
Creativity can be defined as an individual’s distinctive capacity to generate innovative, imaginative, and expressive ideas, solutions, and possibilities, resulting in something unpredictable and original.
How do you illustrate creativity?
Creativity in the workplace involves transforming innovative ideas into reality through collaboration, risk-taking, task focus, problem-solving, challenge conformity, independent work, ambiguity, and attention to detail. Creative employees can improve processes, boost productivity, and progress in their careers by sharing ideas and experimenting with different ideas. Cultivating an environment of creativity can help teams, departments, and companies find innovative solutions and generate new ideas, ultimately improving individual productivity and career progress. By demonstrating these skills, individuals can contribute to the overall success of the organization.
What is a real life example of your creativity?
Humans are naturally creative, navigating life from infancy. The most creative individuals see obstacles as opportunities, expanding their perceptions and developing new problem-solving methods. To express creativity, individuals can create beautiful or eccentric surroundings, experiment with color, texture, and line, and add surprise or quirkiness to home decor. The unexpected can inspire and break free from complacency.
How can I describe myself creatively?
To make a memorable interview introduction, use a story that demonstrates your passion, motivation, or achievements. This will capture the interviewer’s attention, create an emotional connection, and showcase your communication skills. Choose a story relevant to the position, concise, and authentic. Tailor your creative approach to fit the company culture, showcasing adaptability and respect for professional norms. Remember to be original, adaptable, and respectful.
📹 Navigating With ‘Creative Spirit | Mahaneela | TEDxUniversityofStAndrews
Mahaneela is a multi-talented creative artist known for her work in various artistic fields. She is a photographer, director, writer, …
This is really wonderful, Mark! I love that you’re encouraging all of us to “go with the flow.” It’s easy to sit down with an idea in mind every time I paint & to know exactly what I want a finished piece to look like. However, I tend to favor the pieces where I began with only a notion of where I was going. Your passive creativity exercise takes that 1 step further and I can’t wait to try it and see where my brain takes me. Thanks for another great article!
I LOVED your drawing! I loved seeing it unfold. This is such an important article, and one of my favorites you’ve produced. I think passive creativity/stream of consciousness is something that should be taught and shared more with artists. As a YouTube artist, I realize I have to do this more. It’s easy to plan everything out when producing a article, so actively having time to just let go and let art unfold is a must. Thank you for reminding how important this is! 👍🎨
I just recently discovered this. I love it. I have several pieces of paper taped to various walls of my house and I called them inspiration panels. I actually go from panel to panel making one Mark at a time. I got to draw things that I never would before and created one of my pieces on Instagram from that. Great to know there’s an actual name to the process.
Hello Mark! I love those little exercises to play around and have fun and actually loosen up a bit and see art with fresh eyes. 🙂 Btw. I think I have the same light blue palette for the Holbein paints. Love this coincidence! Have a great day and thank you for the lovely suggestions and ideas! Really needed this. Stay safe!
I never knew there was a word for it, but this is how I’ve been approaching learning to paint, in a way. Some days, I don’t want to paint, but I have a few ideas I want to paint later, so I’ll just work on the drawing. I end up with almost a watercolor coloring book in a sketchbook, to go in later and paint it. It’s great for chronic illness too, because I don’t always have the energy to mix up paint and rinse brushes and keep from spilling anything. On those days though, I can sometimes sit with a pencil and my sketchbook, and if I want to draw, great! If I need to lie down, well it’s not like the pencil and sketchbook are going to make a mess, lol.
The characters are super cute! Reminds me that I haven’t done any character doodles in a very long time. In the recent months the spontaneous, or as you called it “passive” drawings was all I was able to do, since I just don’t have the mental bandwidth to commit to any of my ambitious art ideas. It’s not what I’d prefer to be doing, but it’s better than not doing anything at all.
Your artwork kinda reminds me of one of those “find-the-panda-hinding-on-a-page-full-of-polar-bears” ones somehow ^^ – love the kitties and owls 🥰! I’m definitely prone fall for that blank-page-syndrom – though right now it’s more like I got a head crammed full of ideas + inkings that I still want to colour + a whole bunch of new crafts and arts I want to try – but not enough time and am working on a my first job, which I’m not quite used to yet –> so when I come home I usually really just sit down and swatch/ mix with the new watercolours I got from the first actual money I earned. AND YES, that definitely is super de-stressing and relaxing 🥰
Thank you for this article. I feel validated with what I do without this imposter syndrome. Creating art with intention is so heavy somtimes. But then again, doodling and just having fun feels like wasting time and resources. But it’s just like letting your hair down, you know? Relaxing. Now I know. Thanks again!
Great advice, and I love the result of your exercise! I often don’t have a lot of energy, but I try to swatch a bit (like you said) on the bad days, and if I have a bit more I open my watercolour palettes and look for old mixes. If I find any I make splotches with them in my cheap sketchbook and then some other day or later that day I’ll take a fineliner to them and try to find faces like you did here. I always end up feeling a bit better, because the boil of sad or guilt or frustration or whatever made it hard for me to put the pen on the paper has kinda been lanced. That being said, I think a lot of us are not very good at tolerating and sitting with the discomfort the pre art phase often holds, but that part can be recognised and then trained. The cool thing is that art is a very specific area to train that tolerance and if we can grog it in that area, it automatically translates in small ways to the rest of our lives, at least that’s my experience. I remember a quote from some great painter who said something along the lines of “The hardest part of a painting is the walk from the couch to the easel.” and I often use it as a mantra. I started arting again in january 2019 after 20+ years of almost incessant block. I credit part of the reason I’ve managed to hold on this time with a very deliberate practise of recognising my own tendency of perfectionism as an indulgence, and something I can recognise and say yes and no to, instead of a trait that I am powerless to control. Sorry for the long comment, but you’re too good about making articles that spur long, pensive comments, ha ha!
wow! you even have the monopoly man :-)))) norakag here!! i love to do paint swatches .. it’s very calming, non committal, and i just love seeing what happens with each color on the paper.. i also will tone a few pages in my watercolor book, for future scenes that inspire me and will look like an interesting combination with the different toned backgrounds .. well done, mark! and thank you as always!👍👍norakag 😬😬
Thank you for this awesome article. Love your little painting. This is quite timely as I go through phases where my chronic pain is so bad that I can’t really do any complicated art which involves a lot of planning. So just playing with colours and laying them down is something I can probably manage when I am unwell, but still be able to do simpler stuff. It is also a great idea for filling all those empty or half full sketch books and create ideas for more complex pieces. I will definitely give this a go.I enjoy swatching too.
I really love just randomly spashing colours on a page, swatching paints and drawing patterns. Now I think about it, quite a lot of what I do involves passive creativity, and the last sketchbook I completed had all of those things, lol! Your doodled page turned out so well with all of the faces and colours.
This is so cool! I love the way this turned out. When I was a kid, I started doing what I called “nothing” drawings…they were just a page I filled with organic shapes and colored in. I still do them to this day as a way to relax. I’m going to try something similar to what you showed here as a change of pace.
I like to do little sketches to go with little quotes and stuff I find or create. Also, if your into craft more than art i find prepping to be a good way to keep engaged with my supplies. I make cards so recently i got out my geli plate to use up some paint i need to get rid of and made a bunch of random prints. I didnt have anything in mind when i did them. When i was done i got out some stickers and paired them with the prints and then got out some stamps to finish them off. I plan to go through my sentiment stamps at some point and stamp a bunch out (and do the same with my dies) so i will have them at the ready the next time i make cards. Its a lot easier to come up with a finished product when you already have a bunch of stuff simi done to where you can just audition a bunch of stuff and glue it down when you like it. I have so much crafty stuff that its easy to feel overwhelmed with it when trying to create. if i have some of it already done i have limited choices and can experience a different kind of creativity. It helps get you started when you dont have to have a finished idea when you start.
As always your work is amazing! Personally I take my travelers style journals, lay random watercolor on several pages and pack it where ever I go. All I need to pack with it is a couple black pens and I doodle on the go, finding pictures to draw in the spaces like finding pictures in the clouds. As you say, very relaxing.