Subject: Re: Creativity Issues
From: drew mccallum (andrew.l.mccallum@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 15 2007 - 14:38:35 EDT
> 1. your (concise) subjective definition of creativity
Creativity - The rationalization of 'doing' that is not instigated by
reactive instinct, but proactive thought. Thinking when tied to an
action.
> 2. is creativity an absolute necessity for music, sonic art, or any
> art?
Not necessarily, context plays too much of a role in the arts (and
the views of the art audience) for creativity to be viewed as a
necessity. Necessity (on the other hand) might be an absolute for
creativity though, even if the necessity
> 3. could it be taught?
Not taught but learned.
> 4. is there such a thing as too much creativity in an educational
> setting? If so, how can this be measured?
Certainly, the academy is still held to supply and demand in its own
peculiar way. The measurement would be somewhere between a personal
belief of the individual, and a political belief in the community as
to whether their is too much (or not enough) creativity being cast
into the ether (of academia).
On 14-Sep-07, at 1:06 PM, Eldad Tsabary wrote:
> 1. your (concise) subjective definition of creativity
> 2. is creativity an absolute necessity for music, sonic art, or any
> art?
> 3. could it be taught?
> 4. is there such a thing as too much creativity in an educational
> setting? If so, how can this be measured?
> To clarify this last question here are some examples
> * in response to an assignment that requires a concise, written
> timeline analysis of a piece, a student creates a video clip of an
> abstract nature
> * as a compositional assignment a student hands in 10 minutes of a
> 60Hz hum
> Some other non-musical examples:
> * An elementary school student handed in a blank paper as a drawing
> assignment, claiming it depicted children playing in the snow
> * A high school student in his final essay exam (that makes for 50%
> of his overall grade) was asked to write about the topic of "what
> is bravery?" wrote "This is bravery!" and handed it in.
>
> These are all real stories (or so I claim).
>
> These questions are quite big so I am not looking for complete
> answers here. Just your thoughts on any of these questions and
> stories.
>
> Thanks
> Eldad
Drew McCallum
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