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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... individual engaged in creative endeavors, across a wide range of fields, has a basic structure, which centers on, is based in, and grows out of his creative interests. More specifically, as I describe it, an individual's creative ...
... individuals, through defining their own interests and pursuing the exploration and creative develop- ment of their interests, define, at least to a degree, their own paths of creative development. An individual's creative development is ...
... individual's conception of his interest develops together with his interest, each developing in stages. There are different patterns of develop- ment of interests and conceptions of interests. Thus, in many cases an individ- ual's ...
... individual's interest develops around other kinds of elements the work of others is likely to have been crucial in exposing him to these elements and helping him recognize their significance; for example, when an individual develops an ...
... individual in his work, such as articles and books he an- alyzed or drew upon in an important way in his work. Having a high degree of familiarity with an individual's work greatly facilitated our interview discussion, enabling us to ...
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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 |