“What would you say a creative person is like?”“Is the cultivation of creativity lacking in our education system?” These are some of the questions that come my way. In answer to the first question about what a creative person is like, see my version below.
Education should give students an opportunity to make their own discoveries, and form their own expression. Art has the means to cultivate uniqueness in the child. The way has to be left open within the curriculum, to require knowledge beyond “Reading, Writing and Arithmetic”, with other means of expression, such as tackling one of the “Nine Muses”. Art = Serious Play and Playful Seriousness.
What is a Creative Person Like? by Henri van Bentum
THEY ARE EXTREMELY ALERT PERCEPTUALLY
Are observant of the world about them
Are aware of the feel and touch of things
Listen to the sound of life around them
Are sensitive to smell
Are aware of the taste of things
THEY LIKE TO ‘BUILD’ THEIR IDEAS
Like to construct things in material
Prefer to rearrange old ideas into new relationships
Like to experiment with various approaches and media
Like to try out new methods and techniques
Prefer to manipulate their ideas in various ways
Have to solve problems set by themselves
Seek to push beyond the boundaries of their thinking
THEY LIKE TO EXPLORE NEW IDEAS
Are original in their thoughts about things
Like to invent new ways of saying and telling
Like to dream up new possibilities
Like to imagine and pretend
THEY ARE CONFIDENT IN THEMSELVES
Flexible in approaches to situations
Like to be independent and on their own
Are outwardly expressive of what they have to say
Are not afraid of emotional feelings and show them
THEY LIKE TO INVESTIGATE THE NATURE OF THINGS
Like to search for the meaning of things
Question available data and information
Like to inquire into unknown quantities
Discover new relationships
Desire to uncover new meanings
THEY RESPOND TO AESTHETIC STIMULI
Are sensitive to the beauty of nature
Appreciate beauty man has made and
Which nature abundantly provides
Have feeling for harmony and rhythm
Love to sing, write, explore, cook,
act, sculpt, draw, paint or dance.
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