What is Creativity?

What is Creativity?
Let's define creativity.

The creative process is the act of making new connections between old ideas or recognizing relationships between concepts. Creative thinking is not about generating something new from a blank slate, but rather about taking what is already present and combining those bits and pieces in a way that has not been done previously.

While being creative isn't easy, nearly all great ideas follow a similar creative process. In 1940, an advertising executive named James Webb Young published a short guide titled, A Technique for Producing Ideas.

Young believed the process of creative connection always occurred in five steps
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creative-process

What is Creativity?
Let's define creativity.

Young believed the process of creative connection always occurred in five steps.

The Creative Process:
1:Gather new material:
At first, you learn. During this stage you focus on

learning specific material directly related to your task and
learning general material by becoming fascinated with a wide range of concepts.
2:Thoroughly work over the materials in your mind:
During this stage, you examine what you have learned by looking at the facts from different angles and experimenting with fitting various ideas together.
3:Step away from the problem:
Next, you put the problem completely out of your mind and go do something else that excites you and energizes you.
4:Let your idea return to you:
At some point, but only after you have stopped thinking about it, your idea will come back to you with a flash of insight and renewed energy.
5:Shape and develop your idea based on feedback: For any idea to succeed, you must release it out into the world, submit it to criticism, and adapt it as needed.