Monday, January 14, 2008

Last stint on creativity

Well here we are the last of my creativity blogs, not really sure where to go with this one but I’m sure all will come apparent. After attending Ben Mathis’ lecture on creativity it really opened my eyes into what it takes to become a part of the computer games industry. The creativity in the field is at an extremely high level. But how creative do you need to be. Is creativity a trait that you are born with or can it be developed? Well I think its an element of both, every one is born with some element of creativity whether it be as a builder or a ballerina but it is the desire to learn skills that sparks the creative side of a person. For example I have no desire to be a ballerina, nor do I have the agile body but if I did and had the desire to I could in my opinion learn the skills and focus all my creativity on that.
Some lucky people I have discovered have the ability to pull thoughts and processes from thin air, I have come across people like this all through my academic life. Where as people like me have to take time and effort to research and development ideas. Is this a lack of creativity on my part, most probably. But can I produce equally creative work, of course just takes more time. I really don’t know what to write any more so will keep this blog up to date with the work that I’m doing most probably after my assessment on the 14th of jan as well I need to sort that out first
Laters

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