The Creative Century
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The Creative Century
Its attempt to reunite the artistic and scientific, the poetic and the practical, was a therapy meant to make work less alienating; it also made practical sense in a consumer economy in which the boundary between design and engineering was increasingly blurred, and in which necessity was no longer an adequate mother of invention.
Samuel W. Franklin • The Cult of Creativity: A Surprisingly Recent History
When we look at the evolution of creativity, one story that can be told is that it was a concept designed to extricate divine procreative power from women and give it to men.
There are other stories to tell as well. In the twentieth century, creativity became enmeshed with capitalistic productivity, and its study was largely centered around the fiel... See more
There are other stories to tell as well. In the twentieth century, creativity became enmeshed with capitalistic productivity, and its study was largely centered around the fiel... See more
Elan Ullendorff • A brief history of creativity (and power)
But a little shift back to an appreciation of the power of collective goals, to an ethic of care and maintenance, a love of art not necessarily for art’s sake but for more than just a stimulus of new ideas, a respect for thoughtful research and knowledge, and above all the space to question the goodness of the new might just be the big idea we need
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