TY - JOUR
T1 - Creative Experience: A Non-Standard Definition of Creativity
AU - Glăveanu, Vlad P.
AU - Glaveanu, Vlad Petre
AU - Beghetto, Ronald A.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We propose a working definition of creative experience that involves principled engagement with the unfamiliar and a willingness to approach the familiar in unfamiliar ways. In other words, a creative experience can be defined as novel person world encounters grounded in meaningful actions and interactions, which are marked by the principles of: open-endedness, nonlinearity, pluri-perspectives and future-orientation. Our definition shares some similarities with the standard definition offered by Runco and Jaeger in that it still recognizes the importance of novelty and effectiveness but goes beyond that definition by asserting that novelty and meaningfulness are not sufficient for characterizing creative experiences. Indeed, as we will discuss, creative experiences are marked by a set of principles that we argue inhere in all creative actions.
AB - We propose a working definition of creative experience that involves principled engagement with the unfamiliar and a willingness to approach the familiar in unfamiliar ways. In other words, a creative experience can be defined as novel person world encounters grounded in meaningful actions and interactions, which are marked by the principles of: open-endedness, nonlinearity, pluri-perspectives and future-orientation. Our definition shares some similarities with the standard definition offered by Runco and Jaeger in that it still recognizes the importance of novelty and effectiveness but goes beyond that definition by asserting that novelty and meaningfulness are not sufficient for characterizing creative experiences. Indeed, as we will discuss, creative experiences are marked by a set of principles that we argue inhere in all creative actions.
KW - Creativity
KW - Creativity
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/179072
U2 - 10.1080/10400419.2020.1827606
DO - 10.1080/10400419.2020.1827606
M3 - Article
SN - 1040-0419
VL - 2020
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Creativity Research Journal
JF - Creativity Research Journal
ER -