Title: Where does creativity come from? | Engadget
Headings: Where does creativity come from?
Where does creativity come from?
Content: Let's agree on a loose definition to work from: Creativity is the process of making something both novel and useful. ( Rex Jung)
Useful doesn't have to mean practical; useful can mean getting to know yourself better, expressing something or allowing you access to a particular emotional experience. What are the ingredients of creativity? Understanding what makes up creativity will help us find its roots. Play is the base ingredient. Play gives us permission to mess things up; to move things about without an end-goal or obedience to our previous experience. Children play, perhaps because previous knowledge or the pressure of acting 'grown-up' does not yet limit them.