Creative personality: how psychologists interpret the concept
A creative personality in psychology is a rather controversial concept. There are at least two approaches to its interpretation.
According to one of them, any personality is creative. The ability to create new things is inherent in human nature, and creativity is an integral need for personal self-development, which consists in creating something new and meaningful, primarily for the creator himself. In other words, creativity will be both a child’s drawing made for the first time and a mathematical equation solved for the first time.
What kind of people can we call creative? article on the topic
What kind of people can we call creative?
The most obvious contingent, which suggests itself, is the so-called “people of art”. That is, those who are actively involved in any type of art, for example literary, artistic or musical creativity.
“People of art” are people who are seriously involved in creativity, for whom this activity is not just a hobby or a cute hobby, but one in which they see their fulfillment and even purpose. We can also distinguish those who are interested in creativity as a hobby: embroider, draw or play the piano, but mainly for themselves, perhaps for relatives and friends, and only for the sake of pleasure.
Creativity, as a phenomenon, in my opinion, is a combination of divine creativity and personal creativity. An interesting example of this is our natural appearance and our self-expression by creating our own image with outfits, hairstyles, jewelry, and all sorts of combinations. Why not? This is also a creative expression of personality. That is, there is a certain given, creativity from above, and there is also what we ourselves create with our appearance, profession and with our life in general, including all kinds of components of the external and internal world.
A creative person can do what he likes and do it creatively, bringing something of his own, unique.
I believe that art classes and extracurricular activities contain enormous creative potential and provide many opportunities for self-expression and development of abilities.
The main PURPOSE of artistic and aesthetic education of the younger generation is the formation of a holistic creative personality in all its intellectual and emotional wealth, needs for art, value orientations, a culture of feelings, communication and behavior, the ability of artistic, creative and aesthetic activity.
The main TASKS of the artistic and aesthetic direction are:
moral and aesthetic education;
decorative and applied arts, compositions;
teaching the basics of visual literacy, developing the ability to use visual means of drawing and painting, introducing students to outstanding works of Russian and foreign art;
promote the study and mastery of folk art, its specifics, knowledge of its main functions: aesthetic, ritual, everyday, ethnic, educational, cognitive;
the ability to evaluate the phenomena of reality and art, the ability to choose a direction of activity;
identify the inclination, develop and ensure the creative activity of everyone in accordance with their age capabilities, taking into account the individual psychological characteristics of children;
instilling the need for continuous acquaintance with various types of decorative and applied arts;
development of skills and abilities, the formation of a creative, constructive approach to business, the constantly updated nature of the work and its final results.
One of the main tasks of the artistic and aesthetic direction is to maintain and develop the interest of the younger generation in arts and crafts, introducing them to the culture of our multinational Motherland. Folk art is based on the moral principles of human development in society, family relationships, religious preferences, and determining one’s place in a single chain of generations. Knowledge of it gives rise to interest and respect for one’s own history, a desire to preserve and enhance the cultural and historical traditions of one’s people.
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Creative person and society
A creative person and society are in a difficult relationship, since the activities of such an individual are not always clear to others. Pursuing the goals of creative self-development, a creative person is capable of not only creating something new, but also destroying existing foundations. He is guided by two types of motives:
- internal - the desire to express oneself in the process and create something new;
- external - to receive approval of what has been created from others.
The motive of the misunderstood genius, who offered society something new and revolutionary and was not appreciated, is one of the key ones in world culture. But human psychology, as a science, does not stand still, and scientists have found that a creative person is distinguished by one unexpected feature - sarcasm. That is, such an individual not only does not seek the approval and understanding of others, but is also capable of mocking them.
The ancient Greek poet Homer, known as a singer-storyteller - aed, author of the great poems "Iliad" and "Odyssey". He performed at major public holidays, to the accompaniment of the lyre, he performed his heroic songs, in which he glorified outstanding warriors, and sang hymns to the Gods. All of Greece knew Homer. On the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea, a stone has been preserved on which he used to sit in front of his listeners. Accurate information about Homer has not reached our time; where and when he was born remains a mystery.
Aesop (VI century BC)
When Alexander the Great demanded that Athens hand over the orator Demosthenes, who spoke against him, Demosthenes told the Athenians Aesop's fable about how a wolf persuaded the sheep to give him a guard dog. The sheep obeyed, gave up and were left without protection. The wolf quickly strangled them all. The Athenians understood the hint and did not betray their defender. Thus, Aesop’s fable helped to correctly assess the dangerous situation, united people, and they saved their city from plunder by the Macedonians.
Euripides (480-406 BC)
. Euripides became famous when he began to write plays. Aristotle called him the most tragic of all Greek poets. The works of Euripides had a great influence on the development of drama as a separate art form. Euripides, who was born in 476 BC, was credited with being 4 years old, since in 480 a significant battle of the Greeks against the Persians took place, in which the Greeks were victorious. His birth, the Greeks believed, was supposedly marked from above, it helped the victory. There are many such significant “postscripts” in his biography.
Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1397-1468)
The first book of humanity is the tablets - stones on which the Ten Commandments of Moses were inscribed. Basically, until the Middle Ages, monks in monasteries were engaged in copying books. Gutenberg attempted to invent a device that would allow books to be reproduced. The letters were cut into a hard material, such as a piece of wood, painted, and paper was placed on top. This method was called embossing.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
William Shakespeare is a brilliant poet and playwright not only in Great Britain, but throughout the world. He wrote 17 comedies, 11 tragedies, 10 chronicles, 5 poems and 154 sonnets. They are studied in schools and higher educational institutions. No playwright could achieve such greatness as Shakespeare achieved after his death. Until now, scientists from different countries are trying to solve the question of how such a creator could appear in the 16th century, whose works remain relevant 400 years later. Shakespeare's works are a kind of encyclopedia of human relationships, they are like a mirror in which people, great and insignificant, are presented in their essence.
Jean Baptiste Poquelin (Molière) (1622-1673)
Over 15 years of intensive work, Moliere wrote his best plays and became famous as an outstanding actor and reformer of the performing arts. In 1658, King Louis XIV himself, a great admirer of the arts, was present at the debut of Moliere’s troupe at the Louvre palace. A farce, a cheerful comedy, “The Doctor in Love,” was played out before His Majesty. The actors tried their best, the king laughed until he cried. The play made a good impression on him. This decided the fate of the troupe - it was given the Petit-Bourbon court theater. After 3 years, Moliere, already a famous director, author of many comedies, together with his artists moved to another theater, the Palais Royal.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a phenomenal musical talent and showed himself as a reformer in all genres and used new means of expression. He is the author of over 600 works, his compositions are included in the repertoire of the largest musicians of our time. His talent began to manifest itself from early childhood. Little Mozart masterfully played his violin and the adults listened to him, forgetting about everything in the world. The Austrian Emperor Joseph II, after listening to him play the harpsichord, called the child a musical miracle.
Alexandre Dumas the father (1802-1870)
Alexandre Dumas was called a shorthand writer; during his life he wrote 647 works on a variety of topics. His adventure novels were translated into many languages of the world, they served as the basis for numerous theatrical productions and feature films. Interest in his work has not waned in the 21st century. His interests included everything: history, crimes, outstanding people, and even recipes for foreign cuisine. He tried to be in the thick of the most important events, traveled to different countries of Europe, and when he returned home, he sat down at the table and wrote and wrote, forgetting about everything.
Jules Verne (1828-1905)
The French writer Jules Verne is considered the creator of a new genre in literature - science fiction. With his works, he predicted scientific discoveries and inventions, in particular the advent of scuba gear, television, and space flights. His service to humanity is that he encouraged romantics to explore planet Earth. His books helped readers make amazing journeys around the Earth, visit mysterious islands, and dive into the depths of the ocean. He created images of fearless and noble captains, explorers, always ready to come to the rescue.
Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1925, Shaw refused the cash prize and amazed the European public with his satirical plays, paradoxical statements and socialist views. In Great Britain, Bernard Shaw was so popular that he was hailed as the second playwright in the English theater after Shakespeare. Shaw visited the USSR in 1931, met with Stalin and became the best propagandist of the Soviet way of life in the West. Nevertheless, his plays, “bourgeois” in essence and content, including the famous “Pygmalion”, which was repeatedly filmed, conquered the theater stages of the largest cities in the world.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (1881-1973)
Pablo Picasso is a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and designer. At first he simply amazed the public with his unusual works, and then had a huge influence on the entire artistic world of the 20th century. He became the founder of Cubism, depicting a person as a series of combined planes. This achieved, as they said, an ugly similarity. But that’s what he admired. Picasso said that he depicts the world not as he sees it, but as he imagines it, and this is much more valuable, this is the highest creativity. Picasso's works are recognized as the most sought after and turned out to be the most expensive in the world.
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Creative personality in everyday life
It has long been known that creative individuals tend to daydream, have a developed imagination and do not tolerate routine well, and are almost unable to cope with everyday tasks. They are able to find solutions to many complex technical problems, but it is difficult for them to clean their apartment and cook food.
Scientists from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, studied the phenomenon of a wandering mind. This is a condition in which a person is absorbed in his own thoughts and reacts poorly to external stimuli signaled by the senses, or, conversely, performs routine actions unconsciously, automatically.
