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Tag Archives: Creativity
The “Art” of Writing
A “one shot” print occurs when an artist creates a plate for an intaglio print by engraving or etching, and then pulls a trial print so good that it requires no alteration to improve it before making the final prints. … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Literature, Writer's resource
Tagged artisan, Creative writing, Creativity, printmaking, Writers Resources, Writing
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The edge of psychotic
Writing synopsis of creativity research has led me to realize how much my spelling has deteriorated. Mostly I rely on the word processor’s spell check, but sometimes it doesn’t recognize the scientific terms; other times it doesn’t recognize my vague … Continue reading
Why create art?
Recently I took a hiatus from an almost daily habit of spending an hour or so writing poetry or fiction. It wasn’t really intentional. Mistakenly, I saw the two weeks work shut down at the end of the year as … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged art, Creative destruction, Creative writing, Creativity, Joseph Schumpeter
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The case for the case
Portfolio – a portable case for holding papers – a simple name for a collection of works into which a person has poured hours of deliberation and sweat. Today the portfolio is just as likely to be stored on a … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education trends
Tagged creative portfolio assessment, Creativity, Education, John Baer, portfolio, Teresa Amabile
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Elaboration: the hardest part of creative writing
Elaboration is the process of presenting and developing an idea, by adding more detail to explain the exterior situation so that the reader gains privileged access to interior thoughts of authors. Forming creativity into a product that someone else can … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, elaboration, Torrance Test of Creative Thinking
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The ogre of orginality
The creative writer combines originality, complexity, independence of judgment, and aesthetic sensitivity according to the research of Frank Barron, who was known for his in-depth studies of the creative mind. His subjects often took extremely complex elements to produce a … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Education trends
Tagged Creativity, K through 12, originality, Torrence
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Too rigorous for creativity
A teacher voiced his frustration about getting gifted students past the hurdle of simply looking at events of a story to the uncover the devices that the author used in writing the story. The students need to interpret the effect … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative writing, Creativity, Education, Gifted education, K through 12
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How crazy are you?
Recently my daughter showed me an inverted Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, balanced on the tiny point of self-actualization. It was the “Artist’s hierarchy of needs” because creating was more important than eating or sleeping. Despite Abraham Maslow’s theory that fulfillment … Continue reading
The disadvantages of being creative
Creative students often display characteristics that teachers simply do not like. When I asked teachers to rank students’ creative acts, many had trouble. Some called the students contrary, lazy or deceitful, and failed to see the creativity involved. I’ve found … Continue reading
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Tagged Creativity, Gifted education, intrinsic motivation, Student, Teacher
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