What is Creativity Anyway?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by joana galarza johnson

I started this blog using Creativity as explained by Creativity scholar Mihalyi Csikszentmihaly as my working definition.  Csikszentmihalyi says, Creativity is any act, idea, or product that changes an existing domain, or that transforms an existing domain into a new one. And, The definition of a creative person is:  someone whose thoughts or actions change a [...]

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Happy New Year!

Posted on December 31, 2010 by joana galarza johnson

Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat. –Jean-Paul Sarte This coming year, take a break from so much rowing and rock the boat–not because you need a rest, but because you are ready for Creation to pass through you, like oxygen. Best wishes!

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What Defines Creative Work? The Negative Spaces

Posted on September 5, 2010 by joana galarza johnson

The laws of nature not only describe the results of observations, but the laws of nature delimit the scope of observations. -Robert Oppenheimer (Theoretical Physicist, 1958) While in college, time stood still for me inside a speeding Benz one very black night. My hands, each white-knuckling a clutch of passenger-seat piping and leather. My arms, [...]

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