About Creativity

   First of all, let me define the 'creativity'. Creativity is a production, but it isn't a reproduction like drawing the 'Mona Lisa' as same as we can. Creative work is really fun, but not so easy. Also, we can research creativity. A person's creativity can change and develop. It is not the thing that is magically given. Creativity starts at the small spark. For example, one university did some experiment to the students, and it was grabbing two strings hanging up at the same time. Just like this↓

 To the students who couldn't grab two strings, the director of the experiment went into the experiment room, and said "You can do it. Calm down." And then, the director hit the other string, which the student is not grabbing. Since the director hit the string, the string would move back and forth. By seeing that, the student could finally grab the string by moving the string. However, when the director asked the student "How could you do it?", the student was not able to explain it.

 There are some myths about creativity. Some says that drug, alcohol, money, fear,and deadline increases creativity. And, some says structure is bad for creativity. Also, people say that if a person is good at art, it means he or she is great at creativity, too. However, this is not true, which you shouldn't believe it.

 In fact, the real things that make creativity decrease are first, money, prize and compliments. People can think that why is it bad for creativity to compliment students. That is because the compliment about how they are born like 'smart' or 'clever' can make students arrogant and eventually make them not to work hard anymore. Secondly, the phones can kill creativity, and that's because phones distract the concentration. Lastly, studying for standardized test can reduce creativity.

 Then, how can we make people creative? First of all, praising for how they are born is not good praising. Instead, people can praise about the effort and strategy. Secondly, if there is controlled distraction, it can help someone to be creative.

   First of all, let me define the 'creativity'. Creativity is a production, but it isn't a reproduction like drawing the 'Mona Lisa' as same as we can. Creative work is really fun, but not so easy. Also, creativity is able to research, and can change and develop. It is not the thing that is magically given. Creativity starts at the small spark. For example, one university did some experiment to the students, and it was grabbing two strings hanging up at the same time. Just like this↓

 To the students who couldn't grab two strings, the director of the experiment went into the experiment room, and said "You can do it. Calm down." And then, the director hit the other string, which the student is not grabbing. Since the director hit the string, the string would move back and forth. By seeing that, the student could finally grab the string by moving the string. However, when the director asked the student "How could you do it?", the student was not able to explain it.

 There are some myths about creativity. Some says that drug, alcohol, money, fear,and deadline increases creativity. And, some says structure is bad for creativity. Also, people say that if a person is good at art, it means he or she is great at creativity, too. However, this is not true, which you shouldn't believe it.

 In fact, the real things that make creativity decrease are first, money, prize and compliments. People can think that why is it bad for creativity to compliment students. That is because the compliment about how they are born like 'smart' or 'clever' can make students arrogant and eventually make them not to work hard anymore. Secondly, the phones can kill creativity, and that's because phones distract the concentration. Lastly, studying for standardized test can reduce creativity.

 Then, how can we make people creative? First of all, praising for how they are born is not good praising. Instead, people can praise about the effort and strategy. Secondly, if there is controlled distraction, it can help someone to be creative.