Photo: UGC A creative personality is a psychological phenomenon that has been studied in sufficient detail. Many books and scientific articles have been written about him. The qualities that a creative person should have and the ways to develop them, thanks to popular publications, are replicated in countless quantities. Let's talk in more detail about those signs of a creative personality that are rarely mentioned in popular publications.
You are sarcastic
Despite the fact that sarcasm is considered the most unpleasant form of wit, it requires significant mental effort.
Franco-American study The highest form of intelligence: Sarcasm increases creativity for both expressers and recipients. showed that participants in a sarcastic conversation activate abstract thinking and enhance creativity. An additional conclusion that scientists have come to is that sarcasm provokes conflict between people who are not very close, but this does not happen with those who have established trusting relationships. So feel free to troll your friends - it will only benefit your creative side.
Stages of creativity
Creativity is the creation of something new and a specific mechanism for personal development. A large number of observations and studies have shown that the main thing in creativity occurs when making the transition from seeing/listening/feeling phenomena to their logical-conceptual understanding. This leads to the fact that the psychological language that adequately reflects the creative process is a language that uses transitions from artistic (figurative) reflection of the phenomena under study to their logical-conceptual understanding, logical-semantic interpretation.
Scientists consider several stages of creativity:
- Conscious work in the form of preparation (a special active state as a prerequisite for an intuitive glimpse of a new idea);
- Unconscious work in the form of maturation (work is done on the problem, incubation of the guiding concept);
- The transition of the unconscious into consciousness as inspiration (during unconscious work, a decision comes to the area of consciousness, initially in a hypothetical form as a principle or plan);
- Conscious work as the development of an idea, including its final design and testing.
From the position of psychology, the process of creative work itself, the study of the process of preparation for it, the definition of forms, methods and means of development are of particular value. Creativity is purposeful, persistent, intense work that requires mental activity, intellectual abilities, strong-willed, emotional traits and high performance.
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Creativity can be characterized as the highest form of personal activity, which requires long-term preparation, erudition and intellectual abilities. Creativity is the basis of human life, the source of the entire range of material and spiritual benefits.
You're in the clouds
Moshe Bar, professor who researched Increasing propensity to mind-wander with transcranial direct current stimulation. a wandering mind (a state where a person is absorbed in his own thoughts, not focused solely on the task or environment), notes Daydreaming is NOT Just A Waste Of Time, Studies Finds. that this condition involves many areas of the brain. And this is very useful for creativity.
Interestingly, while the brain is “wandering,” it continues to successfully cope with routine tasks. You are familiar with this if you have ever washed the dishes.
You surround yourself with beauty
As you know, talented people are talented in everything and you are no exception. You try to find your unique style in everything, from decorating your home to cooking dinner. For you, life consists of a means of self-expression and you remain true to yourself, regardless of the opinions of others about your activities. Moreover, criticism only motivates you, forcing you to stick to your line even more confidently. As John Wooden, the famous basketball player and successful basketball coach, said:
“Whatever you do, surround yourself with smart people who will argue with you.”
You are easily distracted
In a sense, the opposite conclusion to the previous one was made by American scientists. According to the results of their study Creativity and sensory gating indexed by the P50: Selective versus leaky sensory gating in divergent thinkers and creative achievers. , creative individuals are more easily distracted by extraneous signals. Marcel Proust comes to mind, locking himself in a cork-lined room and wearing earplugs to work in silence.
Researchers note that increased sensitivity can be useful for creators: with its help, they can feel the world more subtly. But at what cost!
Personal space of a creative person
Personal space is a controversial issue in the understanding of creative people. Much depends on the character of the individual.
Note! Society often dislikes creative people for violating their personal space.
Representatives of the creative world are often open and positive, at least outwardly. They are willing to make contact; if they notice something interesting about their interlocutor, they are ready to touch him with their hands up and down. They often treat their personal space calmly and tolerantly. The only period when it is worth leaving the creator alone is the peak of his active activity.
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You are open to different people and ideas
Collective intelligence researchers claim Innovation in the collective brain. : innovation is the product not of talented individuals, but of many. In other words, innovation comes from communication and the exchange of ideas.
One of the study's authors urges: if you want to be more creative, talk to people you disagree with.
You don't have to take these words literally. But if you're truly open to hearing and listening to different opinions, you're likely to have a better chance of creating something breakthrough.
Developed sensory sphere
A creative person is unthinkable without the widest range of feelings that he is capable of experiencing. It is impossible to create successfully or have the prerequisites for this, being an emotional “cracker”. Therefore, if you are prone to creativity, then you can probably notice a very impressive set of experiences behind you. This does not have to have clearly defined external manifestations: you can suppress your feelings - however, inside you, all the events that happen should find a very strong response.
You entrust the work to the unconscious
The less control you have over the creative process, the better the result. Scientists who monitored brain function while drawing came to approximately this conclusion.
For their experiment, a Pictionary-based fMRI paradigm to study the neural correlates of spontaneous improvisation and figurative creativity. they asked subjects to graphically explain different words. The most creative works came from those who did not consciously influence the process.
“Activation of the brain's executive control centers—areas responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling actions—is negatively associated with creative task performance,” noted The Creativity Secret That Most People Don't Know. researchers.
At the same time, the cerebellum, the area responsible for the coordination of movements, began to play an unexpectedly important role in the process. That is, those who were involved in creating the drawing, rather than thinking about it, had more creative results.
You will find even more signs of a creative personality in this list. Check it out to know for sure.
Intrinsic motivation
Creative people cannot help but create . This is probably their main distinguishing feature. Creativity is their state of mind, their way of life. All other things fade into the background when inspiration .
Passionate passion for work helps create masterpieces that the whole world admires
Creators are driven more by internal motivation rather than material reward. Money is a nice bonus. Typically, agents promote geniuses.
Observation
For the vast majority of creators, the sources of their brilliant ideas are somewhere in the real world. Therefore, people with a creative streak tend to have a fairly well-developed ability to observe: people, phenomena, events, even objects. Moreover, this observation, as a rule, is carried out very deeply and closely, and allows one to notice nuances that do not lie on the surface.
Thanks to observation, a person distinguishes signs and objects that have minor differences, notices differences in similar things, and can reduce to a minimum the time of perception of a sign, object, process. Creative people, due to their profession, in any case have developed powers of observation. They tend to notice details. And absolutely everything - be it details of a painting, film or work of art. Evgeniy Tsvimadze
The most creative personalities
15 most creative personalities according to FAST COMPANY. Not all of them are celebrities, and some are known only in narrow business circles. But let's expand our horizons, learn about new people and be inspired by their achievements! So,
15. Sheila Nevins
President of HBO Documentary Films says:
I show reality without embellishment. In our films you will see fat, ugly women who cannot find a partner. I don't want to entertain you, I want you to sympathize.
Projects involving Nevins have won 21 Oscars and 47 Emmys, plus an Academy Award for a film about disabled musicians from Zimbabwe. Sheila is not afraid of anything new, so she is thinking about using the 3D effect in her films.
Watching Avatar in 3D made me feel like I was on a ride, but I appreciate the brilliant newness. And maybe I use 3D in my films.
14. Igor Pusenyak
The author of the iPhone application became a superstar in the world of computer games after inventing Doodle Jump. How did he come up with such an idea?
We wanted to come up with something interesting so that Marco (his brother, author's note) could earn more than his usual $1000 per month. We saw a chance to occupy a niche for children, which had not been explored at all in the iPhone market,” says Igor. – The only question was: will parents allow their children to take a device that costs $400?
They liked the great capabilities of the iPhone platform. Soon, Marco quit his job and the brothers began releasing even more games. They have a compact business - they each work from their own homes. Igor says that he recorded the sound of popping bubbles for one of the games in his bathroom. Their games have achieved such success that there is a question of remaking them for other platforms. And when asked whether parents will allow their children to take a device that costs $400, Igor answers simply:
They will, but only after they have played enough themselves.
Anyone who has played Doodle Jump knows that it is impossible to break away!
13. Phoebe Philo
Phoebe Philo is a prominent fashion figure. He managed to work for both Stella McCartney and Chloe. Then she left fashion to raise two children.
I am infinitely grateful to the Chloe Fashion House for giving me the opportunity to develop as a designer. This is a House with a great history, and I am glad that I have the honor of working hand in hand with incredibly talented people. These four years have been absolutely wonderful for all of us, and I wish my colleagues even greater success.
But she returned and took the post of creative director of Celine. Since then, a new era has begun for this brand.
12. C. Martin Harris
Dr. S. Martin Harris, 53, is a recognized expert in creating a unified computerized medical data system. He says:
Everyone involved in health care, including patients, should have quick access to this information.
US President Barack Obama says that without Harris, implementing health care reform will be, if not impossible, then difficult.
11. Jay-Z
I'm not a businessman, I'm a business myself, man.
Lines from the song "Diamonds from Sierra Leone" by Jay-Z. Well, he proved that this is indeed true. He is the richest rapper and most successful businessman. He was a promoter of the Budweiser Select beer brand, created and already sold the clothing company Rocawear for $204 million. In addition, he conducted advertising campaigns, invested in the New Jersey Nets basketball team, in nightclubs, and in the Broadway musical Fela. Jay-Z is a business himself, that's for sure.
10. Ki Lu
The head of Microsoft's Internet division previously worked for 10 years at Yahoo, where he was fired in 2008 for "slow performance." What did he do for Microsoft? By refusing to release regular updates every two years, Lu set up the work of his division so that the Bing search engine would be updated and improved constantly and continuously.
9. James Cameron
Who doesn’t know James Cameron, the creator of the most profitable and at one time the most innovative and expensive films “Titanic” and “Avatar”? Of course, everyone knows him. James is an Oscar winner and has a reputation as the main innovator of cinema, ushering in a new era - the era of three-dimensional films.
8. Hannah Jones
A philosopher by training who worked at a pirate radio station, she never thought of joining the business. But then I came to Nike’s environmental service. Jones says she joined Nike because it is more effective to influence from within than to shout from the outside. Her conclusion: a creative combination of both is the most powerful. Hannah's project is Nike's collaboration with the space agency NASA to develop ways to save water and the launch of the GreenXchange project with the non-profit organization Creative Commons - the free distribution of "green" technologies.
We need a business model where profit does not lead to littering of the environment and water pollution.
7. Chris Andersen
Former publisher Chris Anderson, 53, bought and headed TED in 2001, a company that organizes online speeches by newsmakers on the most important issues of our time. Volunteers in different countries translate these speeches into 76 languages. Many celebrities collaborate with him.
10 years ago business advisors said: “What are you doing! You will fragment your brand!” But TED has grown stronger over the years, which means people want ideas that truly inspire and stimulate them.
6. Steve Bird
Steve Bird plays a critical role in the latest debate about health care reform, without being either a doctor or a politician. He runs the Safeway supermarket chain. Steve introduced a system in which employees who take care of their health receive bonuses. Blood pressure, cholesterol levels and smoking cessation are taken into account. Byrd says the company's medical costs rose just 2% from 2005 to 2009, compared with nearly 40% for most others, a stance the company now makes law.
5. Ryan Murphy
Since kindergarten, Ryan has been begging for a subscription to Vogue. No, Ryan is not a designer or even a model; he is the producer of the acclaimed and most profitable new series of 2011, Glee. In addition, he has achieved success in all of his projects, from the series "The Best" and "Nip/Tuck" to "Eat Pray Love." Performances from Glee instantly become hits, and songs immediately end up in the iTunes online store.
4. Shiro Nakamura
Nissan's creative director has a nickname: "Fingers." Either because he is a jack of all trades, or because he plays the cello. In December, Nakamura's newest project comes out - the production Leaf electric car, the first car with "zero emissions of harmful substances." Shiro, who is almost 60 years old, does not believe that design is only the designer's self-expression.
Most designers need to understand the values of society and the people they are trying to design cars for.
3. Elizabeth Warren
Moving to create a consumer financial protection agency, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren was appointed special counsel to Barack Obama. Her responsibilities will include developing the agency's structure and searching for a person to fill the post of manager.
2. Eddie Q
Steve Jobs may be in the spotlight, but it's Eddie Cue who is the key figure at Apple. Cue is working on perhaps the most powerful web business projects of the 21st century: iTunes and the App Store, the latter of which is poised to generate $4 billion by 2012. Q's next campaign is to undermine Amazon's near-monopoly with its Kindle reader, iPad, and IBOOK.
1. Lady Gaga
Sponsors think she's busy with pink boas, but she's talking about online branding strategies. Music, video, design, marketing - Gaga has mastery in all areas. A talented performer or a talented businessman?
Nobody commands the public's attention quite like Gaga. It's like an explosion: bang! – and immediately millions of eyes are focused on your brand.
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“It's designed for the online generation,” says MAC Cosmetics CEO John Demsey, with whom Lady Gaga created the new lipstick shade. She works tirelessly. He stands up for his fans and always tries to be close to his “monsters”. Gaga is, without a doubt, a phenomenon and a successful product made by the Lady herself.
Daydreaming
Creative people are inevitably a little associated with “head in the clouds,” and for good reason: they really love to dream. These dreams can be either abstract and practically impossible, or quite concrete and achievable. The main thing is that they exist, because without them it is very difficult for such people. The absence of dreams in a creative person, as a rule, is observed only when he is depressed or in another similar state.
We all love to dream as children, but as we get older we try to limit our flights of fantasy. But it’s wrong to forbid yourself to dream. Dreams can have a positive impact on our lives if we direct them in the right direction. And dreams, they usually inspire us, and if you don’t know how to dream, if you lose this ability, you lose inspiration and, in general, the desire to live. Dreaminess is probably one of the drivers that helps creative people constantly develop in their creative path. Evgeniy Tsvimadze
