Creation, destruction and maintenance are the three forces of time.

What is creation?

Creation is the highest form of creative change in reality known to man. Creative activity is always aimed at improving the world, making it more harmonious. It accompanies actions that bring goodness to people: material, practical, mental, spiritual, useful for expanding consciousness or developing good qualities. In a broad sense, creation is not so much transformation as comprehension of existence; volitional, conscious and spiritual activity of a person.

Creation in literary speech has a pathos or majestic connotation. More often applied to intangible objects : the soul, moral values, spiritual education. Dictionaries describe the word "create" as an obsolete form of "to create." But there are differences in these concepts. Creation doesn't just create - it inspires. It has a positive connotation of something constructive, useful, harmonious and leads to the emergence of something more valuable. And you can create problems or troubles.

Creativity as a personality quality is the ability to direct mental and creative energy to create something beautiful, majestic, and useful. In everyday speech, the phrase “creative person” is more often replaced by “creative person,” and creativity and creativity are used as synonyms. Although there are differences in these concepts. Creativity is the power of feeling and inspiration, something spontaneously chaotic; Creation is the power of the mind, consciously aimed at moving towards a goal.

Creation cannot be comprehended without its dual pair – destruction. To create something new, you must first destroy something: spring destroys the snow cover, a tornado destroys the old landscape, making it possible to create something new. It is always easier to destroy, because destruction does not require mental expenditure. Therefore, each person makes his own choice: self-destruction (increasing evil) or self-creation (increasing good).

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Content

• 1 Types of creativity
• 2 Creativity as an ability
• 3 Creativity as a process (creative thinking) 3.1 Stages of creative thinking 3.1.1 From the history of the issue
• 3.1.2 A. Poincaré 3.1.2.1 Stages

The ability to create is a sign of a mature personality.

Creativity is one of the characteristics of a psychologically mature personality. Maturity comes when a person not only grows up, but gains wisdom. Within the framework of the theory of psychoanalysis, the psychological maturity of the individual was considered as the ultimate goal of psychotherapy.

The term “mature personality” was introduced into psychological science by the Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler. In his works, the scientist proposed the concept of the creative “I” as the root cause of humanity in a person, what makes him the creator of his life, gives meaning to existence. Later, issues of maturity were considered by the Russian professor of psychology N. Rybnikov, the Swiss philosopher K. Jung, and the American psychoanalyst E. Erikson.

Maturity itself is not an end point, but a state that, like a puzzle, is made up of qualities:

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1. Introspection . The ability to “know yourself” is to look at your life through the eyes of an outside observer, to adequately assess your strengths and weaknesses.
2. Building boundaries. Understanding what is acceptable or unacceptable in family, work, work, child-parent relationships.
3. Self-irony . The ability to laugh at yourself in absurd situations in life, but at the same time continue to value yourself.
4. Gratitude . The ability to be grateful for what happened and what we were able to avoid. And not just to be, but to be able to express gratitude to people and circumstances.
5. Self-control . The ability to protect yourself from fear, guilt, bad habits - everything that encourages you to live by momentary emotions and desires.
6. Friendliness . Ability to form warm, cordial social relationships. The ability to demonstrate sincere affection without jealousy or self-interest.
7. Independence . The ability to create a positive image of oneself, independent of the assessments of others.
8. Realism . The desire to achieve personally meaningful and realistic goals, without adjusting facts to fit your fantasies or illusions.
9. Determination . Distinguishing between long-term and short-term goals. Understanding how much time and effort is needed to achieve a goal.
10. Morality . The ability to perform and consider actions, coordinating them with one’s moral principles.
11. Ability to build relationships . The ability to understand the feelings of another, empathize, support, and show sincere interest in your partner.
12. Flexibility . The ability to expediently rearrange one’s behavior, navigate communication with people, and maneuver in changing conditions of reality.

Lists of qualities of a mature personality were compiled by the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, and his contemporary, developer of the theory of personality traits, Gordon Allport. The founder of humanistic psychology, Abraham Maslow, believed that no more than 1% of people could claim the title of mature personality. He considered creativity to be one of the indicative characteristics - the ability to create, which manifests itself in any activity, even in everyday life.

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Notes[ | ]

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Art therapy or how to start creating?

The author of the bestselling book “Eat, Pray, Love,” Elizabeth Gilbert, compares creativity to a magical power available to everyone that can make life more rich, unusual, and interesting. Psychologists advise practicing creativity therapy to everyone who wants to bring harmony to life, increase the ability to express themselves, and unleash their creative potential.

Since its inception, art therapy has developed into several different directions. You can undergo psychotherapy and simply have fun through photography, music, making collages, coloring a mandala, working with fabrics, dough or clay. One of the most popular areas is isotherapy - treatment with fine arts. It helps you get to your deepest feelings, get rid of stress and simply take your mind off everyday worries with the help of simple techniques.

Technique 1. Drawing in the dark.

Much of the internal tension comes from outside criticism. Drawing in complete darkness will help weaken the power of your inner critic. Try to first create a drawing with a single-color pencil, later you can move on to complex images. Focus on creating abstract lines, patterns, shapes. With the light on, the drawing will most likely surprise you greatly.

Technique 2: Color your physical state.

Draw the outline of your body on a piece of paper. Close your eyes, imagine your body and how you feel. Color the image inside the outline with watercolors the way you feel it. Think about what these shades mean to you and why they appeared in these particular areas. This technique can be practiced on a large scale: take a roll of wallpaper, draw the life-size outline of your body on it and paint it.

Technique 3. Mandala of desires.

The round mandala is a symbol of eternity. By placing our desire inside, we create the conditions for its fulfillment. First you need to draw a base circle on paper - circle a plate or use a compass. Visualize the desire. Start coloring. This can be a specific or fantasy pattern. As you draw, you need to celebrate your insights and just have fun.

conclusions:

• Creation is at the same time creating, creating, building something harmonious and inspiring.
• Destruction is creation with a minus sign.
• Creativity is a positive quality of a mature personality, necessary for creative self-realization.

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