CRI 600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Incentive, Elizabeth Wilson, Child Prodigy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Creative Industries
• Course: CRI 600
• Professor: Miranda Campbell

Document Summary

David lynch on creativity (where great ideas come from) Open to the world and gather experiences. Origins of thinking about the creative process (the greek muses) Worship one of the greek muses and ask for inspiration to do your work. Waiting to be fulfilled, however not actively creative by yourself. Muses are feminine, gendered nature (women were not considered to be creative) 10 myths about creativity: the eureka myth. The (cid:374)otio(cid:374) that (cid:272)reati(cid:448)e ideas arri(cid:448)e i(cid:374) a (cid:862)eureka(cid:863) (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. What kind of work needs to happen to have a flash of insight? (cid:862)ah- ha(cid:863) (cid:373)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, apple falls off tree. Thinking about more productive and accessible ways about creativity: the breed myth. The belief that creativity ability is a trait i(cid:374)here(cid:374)t i(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s perso(cid:374)ality or ge(cid:374)es. The notion that creative ideas are totally original to their creators. Romantic poets (19th (cid:272)e(cid:374)tury(cid:895) a(cid:374)d (cid:272)reati(cid:448)e produ(cid:272)ts (cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g fro(cid:373) (cid:862)a spo(cid:374)ta(cid:374)eous o(cid:448)erflo(cid:449) of po(cid:449)erful feeli(cid:374)gs(cid:863)