Monday, June 19, 2006
Creativity: an art or science or something else?
Have you looked at the recent Travel Insurance advt?? (The man who can fly but cant swim) Or the various mastercard advertisements (Somethings money cant buy, for everything else there is mastercard)... How creative?? Creativity is everywhere. Its in Beckham's kick and its in our day to day excuses. Now science and art are supposed to be two different things. The bridge between them is talent. If you have the talent you elevate it to the level of art as a Tendulkar, if not, you will play a methodical and bookish but stylish shot as a Dravid. Some gifted people between us have crossed the bridge several times. Earlier sports, painting, singing were considered art. Today too, but constant practice, understanding and studying has made all these subjects possible for common beings too. You might not become a Tendulkar or a Federer but with constant efforts an average man can become a Dravid or a Patrick Rafter. Many factors are out there to help you. Coaches, Technology, Literature -- you need it and you have it. What I mean to say is that the things which were earlier considered as purely art are now becoming more and more scientific. Balance is shifting towards science. So I wonder whether creativity will one day shift towards science too. Today I doubt it, but so did many people who long back thought the same about sports. Today it seems highly impossible as creativity is just an intuitive thought you will either get in a moment or never in years. This way creativity is different than both art and science. Then where do we categorize creativity?? I guess just considering it as a talent or god's gift is fine.
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I agree with your view that talent is the latent form of art. When we come up with ways or methods to apply our talent it becomes art and artist are called creative to come with or apply the talent in situation where others could not think of. But I do not think that art has become scientific.. I will give you that humanity as such has started to put much efforts into understanding the art and come with scientific theories but we are far from coming with a scientific pill or solution that will replace talent. We record how Fedrer or Tendulkar plays to come with the mechanics of what makes them successful but try how hard you will you cannot replace the key ingredient of creativity - TALENT.
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