The Nature of Creative DevelopmentStanford University Press, 18/05/2006 - 600 páginas The Nature of Creative Development presents a new understanding of the basis of creativity. Describing patterns of development seen in creative individuals, the author shows how creativity grows out of distinctive interests that often form years before one makes his/her main conributions. The book is filled with case studies that analyze creative developments across a wide range of fields. The individuals examined range from Virginia Woolf and Albert Einstein to Thomas Edison and Ray Kroc. The text also considers contemporary creatives interviewed by the author. Feinstein provides a useful framework for those engaged in creative work or in managing such individuals. This text will help the reader understand the nature of creativity, including the difficulties that one may encounter in working creatively and ways to overcome them. |
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... focused on social activists: I read about abolitionists and reformers of the nineteenth century and, spurred by coteaching a course in environmental management with Sharon Oster, read about environmentalists as well as personal ...
... focused on how cultural values and principles guide individuals in their choices about which projects to pursue and in defining projects and making revisions to them. I recognized that my focus naturally extended to linkages of cultural ...
... focused, centering on specific elements and experiences, then expand out to define a broader, richer domain; in other cases his interest begins as more general, then he narrows his focus. Individuals conceive oftheir creative interests ...
... focused, far more so than in periods when they are forming interests and exploring their interests and seeking ways to develop them — they are focused on tasks and task completion. Thus they are less open to their environment, except ...
... focused on a project they temporarily set their interests aside; but as their project ends their attention returns to their interests, they resume exploration of them, and their new project generally develops out of their interests, not ...
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3 The Development of Creative Interests | 62 |
4 Intrinsic Sources of Interest | 107 |
5 Extrinsic and Strategic Factors in the Development of Creative Interests | 134 |
6 Kinds of Creative Interests | 160 |
7 The Distinctiveness and Breadth of Creative Interests | 182 |
8 Resonances and Connections | 224 |
12 Creativity in Projects | 388 |
13 Multiple Interests | 425 |
Patterns of Projects Projects and Interests | 444 |
Evolution of Interests and Sequences of Interests | 463 |
16 Difficulties in Creative Development | 505 |
Modeling Cultural Development | 522 |
Modeling Individuals in Social Systems | 543 |
Appendix | 549 |
9 Creative Responses | 248 |
10 Exploration of Creative Interests and Creativity Generation Creative Expertise | 293 |
11 The Role of Conceptions of Creative Interests and Associated Values and Principles in Guidance Management of Creative Development at the Met... | 353 |
Bibliography | 561 |
Index | 562 |