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A brief history of creativity (and power)
In “A Brief History of Creativity”, I argued that the story of creativity as we know it in the Western world is a story of divine power, a power that has been removed from some and granted unequally to others. Because of that, we should be suspicious, or at least not take it as a given, when certain people are called "creatives" and not others. Her... See more
Elan Ullendorff • Thinking outside "outside the box"
Alex Dobrenko added
There’s a reason that nearly every spiritual tradition links creativity and destruction: the same energy that fuels creation also fuels destruction.
Charlie Gilkey • Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done
Creative aliveness consists in reclaiming a larger creative canvas woven into the fabric of our lives. It starts by asking yourself: what makes you come alive creatively? And how can you inject more creativity into your daily life?
In the Western world, creativity was for a very long time considered the realm of divinities. Whether they received the... See more
In the Western world, creativity was for a very long time considered the realm of divinities. Whether they received the... See more
Anne-Laure Le Cunff • Creative Aliveness: Turning Life Into a Creative Adventure
Keely Adler added
In modern Western and Eastern cultures, creativity is now understood as deeply embedded in the fabric of daily life. From something that is exclusive to higher-level entities, whether deities or nature itself, it has evolved into an ability anyone can practice at various levels, whether it is to create art or to perform small acts of innovation as ... See more