Creativity is associated with original thinking.
Creativity is a term that derives from the Latin verb creare , referring to "to engender." Creativity is understood as the ability that someone has to create and the creative capacity of an individual .
The concept refers to finding procedures or elements to carry out tasks in a different way than the traditional one , with the intention of satisfying a certain purpose. Creativity allows us to fulfill personal or group desires in a faster, simpler, more efficient or more economical way.
Starting from these meanings we could establish as an example the following sentences: «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, "Someone 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, 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 appreciated value.
The concept in psychology and sociology
For psychology , divergent thinking is an activity protected by 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 , fineness of 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 rate 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 such as the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh .
And the same can be said of the American filmmaker and screenwriter David Lynch, whose filmography is considered one of the most creative and original of the seventh art. And the fact is that, among other things, in his films he always bets on introducing surreal or even Dadaist elements.
The influence of technology according to an artist
The Argentine Miguel Repiso (better known as Miguel Rep or Rep ) is a reference in graphic humor who also stands out as a muralist and has been in charge of radio and television cycles.
Responsible for the design of music album covers and movie posters, he was declared an Outstanding Cultural Personality of the City of Buenos Aires . He currently publishes his drawings in different newspapers and magazines.
We asked Rep if, according to his view, technological tools and resources help develop creativity or cause the opposite:
All tools help us to further develop our expression. It is difficult for me to learn, but I make efforts to bring them into my fifth of resources.
Miguel Repiso (Rep)