The document discusses creativity and defines what is meant by the term. It begins by quoting Pablo Picasso noting that schools tend to suppress creative genius in students as they get older. It then defines creativity as the ability to create meaningful new ideas through originality and imagination. While children are often very creative through imaginary play, socialization and education can cause people to stifle their creative impulses over time. The document prompts the reader to reflect on the most creative things they've done recently or ever and why they considered those things creative. It provides dictionary definitions of creativity as involving original thought and being imaginative or originative. It ends by asking when something can be considered truly creative.

1. Creativity
#1: What is Creativity

2. How many artists in the room?

3. “The higher the
grade, the fewer
children raised
their hands…
Every school I
visited was
participating in the
suppression of
creative genius”.

4. Pablo Picasso
Every child is an artist.
The problem is how to
remain an artist once we
grow up.

5. Tom & David Kelley
Most people are born creative.Aschildren, we revel
in imaginary play, ask outlandish questions, draw
blobs and call them dinosaurs. But over time,
because of socialization and formal education, a
lot of us start to stifle those impulses. We learn to
be warier of judgment, more cautious, more
analytical. The world seems to divide into
“creatives” and “noncreatives,” and too many
people consciously or unconsciously resign
themselves to the latter category.

6. Before we start…
What wasthemostcreative thingyoudidinthe
lastoneday? week?…ever?
Whydoyouthinkitwas“creative”?
Howdoyoudefine“creative”?

7. What is Creativity?
the state or quality of being creative.
the ability to transcendtraditional ideas,
rules, patterns, relationships, or the like,
and to create meaningful new ideas, forms,
methods, interpretations, etc.
originality, progressiveness, or imagination
Dictionary.com

8. So, what is Creative?
having the quality or power of creating.
resulting from originality of thought,
expression, etc.; imaginative:
creativewriting.
originative; productive
Facetious. using or creating exaggerated
or skewed data, information, etc.: creative
bookkeeping.
Dictionary.com

9. So, let’s go again…weare all
creative!!!

10. Creative or not?

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21. Creativity or not?

22. So, when is something
“creative”?
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