See Beyond What Is Expected 9/10

Today's lecture presented and elaborated on the concerns of creativity such as: how are levels or quality of creativity distinguished? what makes someone more creative than another? can a "uncreative" person gain creativity? can one lose their creativity due to certain circumstances?

Characteristics of creative individuals and/or factors that play into being creative:
- playful
- fluency
- sensitivity
- adaptable
- flexibility
- process
- productivity
- analysis
- originality
- organized
   1. maladjusted
   2. good things can come from ACCIDENTS
- process

As an artist, sensitivity in one form or the other is vital to success.  Without the ability to perceive one's surroundings, the artist is unable to correctly express his/herself.  Sensitivity can refer to being:
 - mentally or conceptually sensitive
 - emotionally sensitive
 - physically sensitive; accomplished by being attentive, alert, awake!
   + being physically sensitive equates to perceiving surroundings visually, audibly, through taste, by touch, by smell, and the acknowledgement of balance/space

When dealing with creativity, fluency can be defined as the language that is the vessel for the artists message.  Artists and other creative people use:
- verbal language
- body language
- visual language
- actual written language
- math
- science
- sound
- tactile

*SEE BEYOND WHAT IS EXPECTED!*
 - when considering ways to solve a problem, do not limit yourself by making assumptions; otherwise known as a "block" - inhibit your creative potential
Creativity blocks can be identified as:
- physical/safety
- expressive
- intellectual/logical = mechanical thinking, inefficient mental tactics
- environment
- emotional
- cultural = rules about where art should be, taboos, playfulness is for children, humor is stupid/immature, practicality is the highest priority, fear of society, fear of failure

As an artist, you will need to master the art of brainstorming.  Brainstorming is the doorway for creativity but before you begin producing ideas you must:
- understand the problem
- devise a plan
There are many methods of brainstorming:
- dream about it
- imagine it
- purge yourself mentally
- incubate the thought
- display
- organize thoughts
- make lists (best if done at a rapid rate)
- create diagrams
- scan dictionaries and thesaurus'
- make charts
- eliminate certain parts
- work backwards
- associate/make connections
- classify it/drop it into a category
- make comparisons
- relate