Thursday, August 23, 2007

creativity

As I was doing my reading assignment for Art class today, I came across a list of traits that characterize people who are creative. I liked it and thought I would share it with you:

  1. wonder and be curious
  2. be open to new experience
  3. see the familiar from an unfamiliar point of view
  4. take advantage of accidental events
  5. make one thing out of another by shifting it function.
  6. generalize from particulars in order to see broad applications
  7. synthesize, integrate, find order in disorder
  8. be in touch with one's unconscious, yet be intensely conscious
  9. be able to analyze and evaluate
  10. know oneself, have the courage to be oneself in the face of opposition
  11. be willing to take risks
  12. be persistent; to work for long periods-perhaps years-in persuit of a goal

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