THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - ORIGINALITY

"Originality exists in every individual
because each of us differs from the others.
We are all primary numbers divisible
only by ourselves."



Jean Guitton

A RECIPE OF CREATIVITY

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The process of being creative involves expressing one's thoughts or feelings in a new way. Familiar materials--words, paint, musical tones, mathematical data--are rearranged to produce a unique product that expresses the capabilities of a unique individual.

The creative process involves being unconventional--striking out on your own and doing something differently. If you copy another person's painting, not adding anything to the other person's idea, your work is not creative, no matter how skilled you are. But even a painting or a badly worded sentence can be creative, if it brings new insight and freshness to the topic. Novelty, unconventionality, and freshness are essential ingredients of creative process.