The creative process in gifted creators

Journal Title: Educational Psychology - Year 2016, Vol 51, Issue 9

Abstract

The creative process in innovators is considered, utilizing five core attitudes – (1) risk-taking, (2) self-discipline, (3) openness to experience, (4) tolerance for ambiguity and (5) group trust; Seven I's – (1) several types of Inspiration, (2) Intuition, (3) Imagery, (4) Incubation, (5) Imagination, (6) Improvisation, (7) Insight); and general practices – (1) the need for solitude; (2) creativity rituals; (3) meditation; (4) exercise, especially walking; (5) the quest for silence; (6) creativity as the process of a life – with biographical examples from the creative processes of innovators and suggestions for those seeking to understand the creative process as innovators practice it.

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Jane Piirto

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  • EP ID EP186829
  • DOI 10.5604/00332860.1211492
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Jane Piirto (2016). The creative process in gifted creators. Educational Psychology, 51(9), 78-90. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-186829