What Is Creativity?
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cre·a·tiv·i·ty/ˌkrēāˈtivitē/
Noun: The use of the imagination or original ideas, esp. in the production of an artistic work.
For some reason I felt called to write about creativity today. I guess because I’ve been feeling both very creative and creatively frustrated the last three weeks. It is as if the object of my creation lies just beyond a veil … I can sense its presence and yet, I cannot seem to lift that veil and reveal its beauty to the world.
Donatella Versace once said that “creativity comes from a conflict of ideas.” The thing for me is that not everyone sees the same conflict, so your particular resolution — the birth of your own creative expression — will never be exactly like someone else’s.
For me, as a fiction writer, creativity is often the ability to see juxtapositions where others do not. Creativity is not necessarily creating something new per se, but seeing what is already there with a new perspective, from a new angle … or sometimes simply an ever-so-slightly different perspective or angle.
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