Creativity can be described in four dimensions according to J.P. Guilford--flexibility, fluency, originality, and elaboration. The author begins by saying that the world needs creative thinkers--people who come up to original ways to solve problems, scientists, engineers, and great leaders. Flexible people are not bound to one way of thinking about the world and are able to "think outside the box" to come up with solutions from a different, more "creative" angle. People who are great at fluency have a knack for coming up with lots of ideas in a brainstorming fashion. Original people can come with ideas that no body has ever thought of before, and those who are gifted in elaborating can add onto others' ideas and fill in the gaps. I think I struggle with flexibility the most, as I often have trouble coming up with more than a couple of solutions to a problem.
I think that Flickr would help me to come up with some more creative ways to do photography. I love taking pictures, and I love browsing through others' photos of landscapes, nature, people, and animals. Maybe looking at the pictures of some really gifted photographers would inspire me to come up with my own original ideas for a shot, and maybe I can use Flickr to brainstorm some ideas for a photography project.
I checked out the tool Picasso Head, which allows people to elaborate on Picasso's style of art to create their own version of his work. This way, even people who don't consider themselves great at coming up with original artwork can play around with Picasso-style features to create a face on a "canvas". I think it would be really cool to get my kids to express themselves artistically in therapy, so maybe I'll use a tool like this as an SLP one day.
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