Creativity is associated with original thinking.
To beget. This is the literal meaning of the term creativity , which is obtained by establishing its etymological origin. An origin that is found in Latin and specifically in the verb creare .
Creativity is understood as the faculty that someone has to create and the creative capacity of an individual . It consists of finding procedures or elements to develop tasks in a different way than the traditional one , with the intention of satisfying a certain purpose. Creativity allows fulfilling personal or group desires in a faster, simpler, more efficient or economical way.
Based on these meanings, we could establish the following sentences as an example: "Miguel de Cervantes was praised for his great creativity thanks to which one of the greatest works of Spanish Literature, Don Quixote, was born" or "José was an inventor who, without a doubt, owed part of his success to his creativity since he was capable of creating the most unique and striking devices."
Creativity and originality
Generating ideas and promoting novel proposals is also known as inventiveness , original thinking , divergent thinking or constructive imagination . These are concepts and notions that describe the predisposition to invent something (that is, to take advantage of and make use of ingenuity), the ability to find original paths and the will to transform the environment.
From various branches and disciplines, science is responsible for putting creativity in focus, in search of solutions, answers and precise logical terms. Inventiveness can be considered from a technical perspective as a process, as a personality characteristic or as a product.
In art, creativity is a highly valued value.
The concept in psychology and sociology
In psychology , divergent thinking is an activity based on the imagination , which consists of carrying out a new action or the same plan but in a different way. Many specialists have analyzed the relationship between creativity and intelligence .
For sociology , on the other hand, constructive imagination arises from the intervention of three variables: the field (social groups), the domain (the area or discipline) and the individual . This means that an individual makes changes within the framework of a domain that are analyzed from a social group.
On a more general scale, it can be said that a creative subject enjoys self-confidence , fine perception , intuitive capacity , imagination , enthusiasm and intellectual curiosity .
Creativity in art
In the artistic field, it is common to measure the creativity of the author of a work in question by comparing him or her with other contemporaries. Among the different measures that exist to score the degree of ease of creation and innovation that an artist in question has, parameters such as fluidity, originality , sensitivity, abstraction, synthesis or flexibility are used.
Continuing in this field, we can determine that throughout history there have been many painters, sculptors or writers who have been admired for their great doses of creativity. This would be the case, for example, of artists of the stature of the Dutch painter Van Gogh.
The same can be said of the American filmmaker and screenwriter David Lynch, whose filmography is considered one of the most creative and original in the seventh art. Among other things, he always tries to introduce surrealist or even Dadaist elements into his films.