I found an interesting piece on Creativity at the Students2oh site. It seems that we may have more square pegs than we realized. The article is at http://students2oh.org/2008/08/07/think-different/ and argues in favor of encouraging that which is different rather than demanding that which conforms.
I agree in most respects, but I remain of the opinion that true talent and creativity not only rises above the structure of the normal, but uses the static nature of our institutions as a catalyst for innovation. The piece also fails to mention the inherent potential for frustration contained in a program of imposed creativity.
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jmerccc
// Dec 10, 2008 at 10:04 pm
I’m with you there. I believe you need to know how to play by the rules, and then learn to go above and beyond the normal structure for personal satisfaction.
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Tom Mahoney's other brother
// Nov 11, 2009 at 11:00 pm
James Burke’s ‘Day the Universe Changed’ posits that the modern world has institutionalized the process of change. Research and development are sponsored and, as such, pre-owned.
Artistic creativity is more difficult to pin down. I fear we have confused it with the merely novel. The ‘machine’ co-opts what it wants and markets it to us (Harry Potter et al.) Traditional religion isn’t taken as seriously as vampires. We’re chasing the new so constantly we’re not really interested in what it means or where we’re going. Bradbury and those ’social’ sci- fi guys were on to something. It’s getting late-in more ways than one.
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