There are many long-held beliefs about what creativity looks like and who’s actually creative. The sad part about these myths is that they have the power to pilfer a person’s creativity.
For instance, if you think creativity is a gift granted to a lucky few, the last thing you’ll probably want to do is bolster your creativity biceps.
Below, experts dispel three very common myths about creativity.
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I think one might discuss artificial creativity vs. creativity. I think that the authors of these myths, that is the ones who wrote the thoughts dispelling the myths, are dumbing down the word ‘creativity’ in order to support the hypothesis that creativity is much more common than what is commonly accepted.
Creativity is the ability to see something that isn’t there. You gain skills to find a way to express what you see, and then people call you an artist. If you do your job in a compelling way which becomes popular, they call you a genius. While it might take creativity to do many common activities, and that most people and even animals ought to have a fair amount of thinking to overcome the obstacles in life, I believe the more correct adjective would be ‘intelligent’ rather than ‘creative.’
I think more people should read posts like this.
Many of my customers lack a decent portion of self-esteem and therefore think they’re not creative.
It takes some time to make them realize how they are actually creative each and every day.
Thanks for sharing this!