NETWORKS & THE CREATIVE PROCESS SESSION TWO: CONCEPTUALIZING CREATIVITY WHAT IS CREATIVITY? A UNIVERSAL DEFINITION ? A UNIVERSAL VALUE? CREATIVITY STUDIES WERE ON THE SIDELINES DIVINE INSPIRATION THE CREATOR AS VESSEL INTELLIGENCE? CREATIVE TECHNIQUES TESTING FOR CREATIVITY DIVERGENT & CONVERGENT THINKING PROBLEM SOLVING PERSONALITY? MOTIVATION OPENNESS TO NEW IDEAS PERSISTENCE? INDEPENDENCE DRAWN TO COMPLEXITY LUCK ENTREPRENEURSHIP YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU SEE IT? He SEES you when you're sleeping.... from Sister72 SOMETHING NEW? Something new. from Janny- Tricolore HOW SURPRISING? Surprise from photocillinphotocillin NEED IT BE USEFUL? HOW DOES CREATIVITY TAKE PLACE? The Creative Process from Ebonart METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM THE NORTH AMERICAN SELF arthistory.about.co m THE LONE GENIUS CONTRAST THE JAPANESE CREATIVE APPROACH HOW CREATIVE ARE CREATIVITY SCHOLARS? WHATS MISSING CREATIVITY IN COLLABORATION WITHIN A CONTEXT TIME? PLACE? Time machine from dabi FEEDBACK Video Spiral Feedback from flight404 THE NEED FOR A SYSTEMIC APPROACH THE WHOLE IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF THE PARTS Emergence from wolfpix AN EMERGENT, COMPLEX PROCESS CREATIVITY AS EMERGENCE creativetempo.com A PHASE TRANSITION? slime mold transition phase from Sea Moon IS IT SELF-ORGANIZATION? WHAT ROLE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE? the- bestarchitecture.bl ogspot.com CONCEPTUAL BLENDING ANACOLUTHON LOGIC FOLLOWING & NEGATING (1) FOLLOWING & NEGATING (2) FOLLOWING & NEGATING (3) ADAPTATIONS & FITNESS LANDSCAPES Maekawa Squirrel Adaptation from RyanWelsh BLOGGING QUESTION! The US intellectual property laws were intended to encourage innovation and creativity. They have become increasingly stringent over the years. Assume that you are a creator that does remix. Challenged for appropriating others materials, how would you defend your practice based on what we have learned about creativity? In your blog, describe your artistic endeavors, and lay out your argument in your blog.