A creative person is someone who uses their imagination and intuition to create something new or to make changes to something that already exists. Creative people have many attributes such as openness to new experiences, observance, curiosity, personal freedom, a willingness to take risks, self reliance, persistence and the freedom from fear of failure. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations are the two most commonly used methods of creative motivation. Intrinsic motivation refers to motivation that comes from inside an individual rather than from any external or outside rewards, such as money or grades. The motivation comes from the pleasure one gets from the task itself or from the sense of satisfaction in completing or even working on a task.
Extrinsic motivation is the opposite of intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation refers to
...motivation that comes from outside an individual. The motivating factors are external, or outside, rewards such as money or grades. These rewards provide satisfaction and pleasure that the task itself may not provide. Creative people can come from all aspects of life; arguably the most creative person in music at the moment is Lady Gaga. In a sort career she has already won 5 Grammy’s and has had 3 number 1 singles in the U.S. The most creative person in football at the moment would be Lionel Messi he is widely regarded as the best player in the world at the moment and has won almost every major honor in the game. Although working in very different worlds they are both incredibly creative people in their own ways. I believe some people are born more creative than others.
However a person’s creativity can be improved through developin
their intuition. Agor developed 18 keys to developing creative intuition, Intent, Time, Relaxation, Silence, Honesty, Receptivity, Sensitivity, Trust, Openness, Courage, Acceptance, Non-attachment, Practice, Support Groups, Journal Keeping, Love, Non-Verbal Play, and Enjoyment. I think the keys that would be best for me to develop my own creative intuition would be Courage because I don’t want to take any risks when in my personal life or when doing work for college. It would be good for me to develop non-attachment also as I can’t get attached to things I do and I always want my preferences. It would also be good for me to develop skills that could be used in a group situation as I do not work well in a group. Van Gundy’s also had a list of ten things that would help me work better in a group.
There are also aspects that can damage or destroy a person’s creativity. There are six factors that when brought upon a person who is doing something creative, will undermine both the intrinsic interest and creative potential of the project.
The six factors are: 1.Expected Evaluation: If a person is expecting somebody to be evaluating their work they will worry about criticisms the person might make. The pressure will cause a person’s creativity to be restricted. 2.Surveillance: Creativity would also be harmed if there is a person constantly peering over your shoulder as you are trying to be creative. 3.Reward: Although the incentive of a reward might help someone, it might also harm creativity as I believe a person would be trying to hard to do something they cant and also trying to make something to perfect and
never accepting the good work they have done. 4.Competition: If a person is in competition with another they might focus all their energy on the competition rather than creativity of the project. 5.Restricted Choice: If people have boundaries in what they are doing then their creativity will be restricted. 6.Extrinsic Orientation: People who are encouraged to think only about the outside motivations will be less creative than people who are thinking all about the job they are doing.
I think my best creative characteristics are my openness to ideas my persistence and my independence. I believe they are the most important characteristics of a creative person and I apply these characteristics when I am being creative. Other characteristics I would like to develop would be a willingness to test assumptions as I feel I do not go with my ideas and I leave it to others to take the first step at implementing them. This also ties in with my self-confidence which I would also like to develop more so I could be better in a group situation.
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