Sometimes the world can seem like a CD player on track repeat. The same things, issues, problems, relational difficulties, whatever, continue to crop up everyday. This can be especially true in the work world, where we are often called upon to deal with multiple complex issues, many of which have similar themes or repetitive natures. Over time, this repetition can lull us into a duldrum.
One of the challenges of anyone who desires to be more creative is finding ways to keep their curiosity piqued.
Creativity is a series of questions to which we seek answers.
Creativity, to put it crudely, is the attempt to solve a set of problems.
When we cease to be able to see the problems, or recognize the questions, we start to fall back into predictable patterns of behavior and creativity. We are solving old problems within new contexts. We are not giving each specific problem the attention it deserves.
It is the question that pushes us outside of our normal modes of exploration and creativity. The first step in any creative process, whether conscious or not, is identifying the question we are attempting to answer with our work.
THE CREATIVE PERSON IS FIRST OF ALL AN OBSERVER.
The artist is a person who sees the world differently. They see possibility where others see problems. They see form and perspective where others see a chair. They see shadow and contrast where others see a tunnel. Artists see. This is what Michelangelo called “intelleto”, or “the deep knowing of reality.” The artist, or the creative, must see beyond the surface constraints of the problem to the deeper core issues and be able to extract the questions within the problem and set to work on them.
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