One of my students yesterday said, for him, that creativity is the freedom to generate different ideas.

For me, I have a more traditional definition I guess: the motivation to make art. What do y’all think?

  • jay2@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    I tend to lean towards solving (2) problems with (1) well thought out solution. If you do this enough, you can rapidly make progress on the cheap. As a designer, that’s my motivation.

  • QualifiedKitten@discuss.onlineEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    I don’t generally think of myself as particularly creative, and by your definition (motivation to make art), I’m definitely not very creative. By your student’s definition (freedom to generate different ideas), I feel a little more creative.

    I have to think about this for a bit, but based on previous discussions, I think I actually am reasonably creative, just not necessarily very artistic. My creativity tends to lean more… practical? I’m not sure.

    • GooseGang [she/her]@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
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      16 hours ago

      Aha! Right, creative is not necessarily artistic. Practical creativity isn’t something I’ve heard much about, but it sounds neat!