Creativity- Meaning & Nature

Creativity- Meaning & Nature

    Meaning :-

Creativity is the ability of a person to create something new. It may be new object or knowledge or idea that the person creates.

Nature :-

Creativity as a unique and novel personal experience, and on the basis of the experience and findings of the various scholars, may be said to possess the following characteristics

Creativity is universal :

Creativity is not confined to any individual, groups of individuals, caste, colour, or creed. It is universal and is not bound by the barriers of age, location or culture . Every one of us posses and is capable of demonstrating creativity to some degree.

Creativity is innate as well as acquired :-

Although many research findings and incidents favor suggestion that creativity is a God-given gift and natural endowment, the influence of cultural background, experiences, education and training in the nurturing of creativity cannot be ruled out. Therefore, one’s creativity may be correctly said to be a function of natural endowment as well as its nurturing.

 Creativity is a means as well as end in itself :-

Creativity as an urge inspires and persuades the individual to create some thinking unique and thus acts an impetus for expression. The creator express himself as fully as possible through his creation and has his own perceptions about his creation. It is therefore not essential that a creative work would arouse the same feelings or give the same joy and satisfaction in others as is experienced by the creator himself.

Creativity  carries ego involvement : -

           There is complete involvement of one’s ego in the creative expression. One’s individuality and identity are totally merged in one’s creation. One’s style of functioning, philosophy of life and personality may be clearly reflected in his creation be it a work of art, or a piece of writing etc.

Creativity  has a wide scope :-

            Creative expression is not restricted by any limits or boundaries it covers all fields and activities of human life , in any of which one is able to demonstrate creativity by expressing or producing a new idea or object.

Creativity  and intelligence do not necessarily go hand in-hand :-

Research findings and observations have demonstrated that there is no positive correlation between creativity and intelligence. One is not the essential or necessary prerequisite of the other. Those found scoring high on intelligence tests  may demonstrate little or no signs of  creativity  whereas individuals performing poorly in intelligence tests may be sometimes create something very original.

Creativity  rests more on divergent thinking than on convergent thinking :-

Divergent thinking involves a broad scanning operation, enabling a person to evolve a general multiple possible solution and hence it is put in to use when one is conformed with a problem which has many possible solution.

Convergent thinking on the other hand, requires a narrowing leading the individual to pin point the one most appropriate solution or response.

Creativity  can not be separated from intelligence :-

In spite of the fact that intelligence or  creativity  may function independently and creativity  involves more of divergent thinking as opposed to the convergent thinking employed in the demonstration of intelligence , it is not possible to entirely separate  creativity  from intelligence. 

Creativity  and school achievement are not correlated :-

No significant correlation has been observed between an individual’s creative talent and his school performance. One may be creative but score quite low an achievement tests and similarly, a topper in school or in the board examination may show little or no narrative out put.

Remya.R

Social Science