GIOVANI MARTINS VISUAL LITERACY

CREATIVE THINKING
Everyone Thinks Differently hence if we all thought the same wed

be like robots that are meant to only follow one Command

We often think in three specific ways:

logically,
practically,
or creatively.

Practical thinking is often the most difficult. It determines how you interact
with people and how you are able to communicate with and convince others. If you're
exceptionally good at selling websites for example, then you're probably a great
practical thinker. Putting your logical thinking to practice will encourage practical
thinking.

Creative thinking involves problem solving. The difference between creative

thinking and logical or practical thinking is that you often look at the problem from an
unorthodox perspective and your thoughts are less structured. It often passes
through several phases and this is considered the creative thinking process.

Dipping Deeper Through Art

Easel and finger painting while listening to classical music; drawing; clay work;
making prints; slithering cornstarch goop between fingers-these are just a few of the
art activities that promote creativity and are already staples of many early childhood
classrooms. Sensitive observation will reveal creative discoveries. For example, a
teacher may hand a large paintbrush and a cup of blue paint to each of a small group
of preschoolers. She may notice as one dabs blue on her paper. In dreamy pleasure,
the child watches the patch of blue on her paper. She then dips her brush and
watches wide-eyed as the blue of her initial swath deepens in color, and great drips of
blue paint slowly creep down the easel paper.-She marvels at creating a deeper tint of
blue.
In her observation, the teacher was able to appreciate the child's discovery that layering more and
more color changes the intensity of the color and the amount of the drip. Your sensitivity to the
power of a child's discovery is what unlocks the child's passionate commitment and delight that
are bedrock requirements for creativity. STATEMENT AGREED

Creative achievements are the basis for progress in our world.

Although creative achievement is influenced by many variables, the
basis for creativity is held to lie in the generation of high-quality,
original, and elegant solutions to complex, novel, ill-defined problems.

Creativity is some sort of mental activity, an insight that oc- curs inside the heads
of some special people. But this short assumption is mis- leading. If by creativity
we mean an idea or action that is new and valuable, then we cannot simply
accept a persons own account as the criterion for its existence. There is no way to
know whether a thought is new except with reference to some standards, and
there is no way to tell whether it is valuable until it passes social evaluation.
Therefore, creativity does not happen inside peoples heads, but in the interaction
between a persons thoughts and a sociocultural context. It is a sys- temic rather
than an individual phenomenon.