The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18.05.2006 - 600 Seiten The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them. |
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... Creative Interests Intrinsic Sources ofInterest 1 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests Kinds of Creative Interests The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests Resonances and Connections Creative ...
... connections, too, with my interests in mathematical modeling and computer programming. I did a science project in high school measuring air pollutants and was interested in building models combining observations made at different ...
... creative interests, which form the basis for their development going forward. A key step in the process offorming a more fully defined creative ... connections among different concepts, ideas, images, works, phenomena, facts, and other ...
... creative activity, at the core ofhis creative development. Through exploring and learning about a creative interest an ... connections that others fail to make, that are thus original. For example, an individual may recognize the ...
... creative interests are generative of creative connections among specific elements; a classic example is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's process of creation for his great poems, notably “The Rime ofthe Ancient Mariner,” also described in ...
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3 The Development of Creative Interests | 62 |
4 Intrinsic Sources of Interest | 107 |
5 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests | 134 |
6 Kinds of Creative Interests | 160 |
7 The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests | 182 |
8 Resonances and Connections | 224 |
12 Creativity in Projects | 388 |
13 Multiple Interests | 425 |
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests | 444 |
Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests | 463 |
16 Difficulties in Creative Development | 505 |
Modeling Cultural Development | 522 |
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems | 543 |
Appendix | 549 |
9 Creative Responses | 248 |
10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise | 293 |
11 The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the Met... | 353 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 562 |