Creativity & Imagination

Creativity & Imagination

1. There isn't a universal definition of creativity

   • Creativity requires both originality and effectiveness (Runco & Jaeger, 2012)
     • Effectiveness may take the form of value
     • Originality is undoubtfully required but not sufficient
       • Imagination is a requirement of Creativity

2. Capacity to conceive of what is not

   • Something that does not exist
   • Something that may exist but we simply cannot percieve

3. Four C Model of Creativity

   • Mini C Level
     • Creativity is inherent in learning, and is anytime one attempts a task that is new and meaningful to them
   • Little C Level
     • Aspect of growth reflected from the Mini C Level, can take place through feedback leading to changes
   • Pro C Level
     • Ability to be creative at a professional level
   • Big C Level
     • Includes an evaluation of one's entire career and body of work
     • Evaluating their work against other great contributors
     • Made for the History Books

4. Ability to form...

   • Mental Images
   • Phonological Passages
   • Analogies
   • Narratives
     • Not perceived through our sense

5. Imagination is the capacity to conceive of what is not, then creativity is imagination applied: doing something, or making something, with that initial concept