In Davis (2004), the theory of creativity is outlined as seen by Csikszentmihalyi. "without the larger field or society passing judgment ('We hereby stamp this creative') the person and the product simply are neither recognized nor accepted as 'creative.' Genuine creativity does not reside in the object itself, said [Csikszentmihalyi], rather 'the reason we believe that Leonardo or Einstein was creative is that we have read that that is the case' (Csikszentmihalyi, 1988, p. 327)" (p. 66).
There is a scene in the movie Mona Lisa Smile when Julia Robert's character addresses her art class asking questions about WHO exactly decides that art is good and what are thee standards. Her thought process is eerily similar to mine as I read about Csikszentmihalyi's thoughts on society's declaration of "the standards."
(sorry about the subtitles...)
Whoa...eerily similar analysis between art and creativity. I'll be interested in what else you find in a few weeks when we consider dramatics and creativity :) So a little further- what's Betty's issue here? What's our issue as educators in regards to deeming someone as creative?
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PS- those are Spanish subtitles :)
I ACTUALLY took 7 years of Spanish and then 3 years of Italian at school, so I should know better...Hahah, serves me right for trying to work after the bell rings at school at 3:45. Apparently my brain just turns off...
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