cre·a·tiv·i·ty

1. The state or quality of being creative

2. The ability to transcend traditional ideas, rules, patterns, relationships, or the like, and to create meaningful new ideas, forms, methods, interpretations, etc.; originality, progressiveness, or imagination: the need for creativity in modern industry; creativity in the performing arts.

3. The process by which one utilizes creative ability: Extensive reading stimulated his creativity.

These 3 points above are the oxford English dictionary’s explanation of the term creativity.

The word creativity can be used to describe numerous different things. Just researching for this blog I have come across well over 50 different descriptions and variations. Being creative can be used to describe almost anything that is being done by someone to produce an outcome. For example the more obvious forms of creativity are that of an artist producing an original sculpture or painting, or an author writing a poem or a story, but there are many subtle less obvious forms that need a bit more time to consider the creativity involved. A maid cleaning a house for example, are they not being creative and expressing there talents to produce a desired outcome?

Whilst studying for this I came across a very interesting quote from a published writing on creativity.

“Creativity involves the translation of our unique gifts, talents and vision into an external reality that is new and useful.”

Although this is a broad statement I think this pretty much sums up what I feel creativity is as a definition and I will explore this in greater detail in my next blogs.