Panel: Individual and/versus social creativity

Ernest Edmonds, Linda Candy, Geoff Cox, Jacob Eisenstein, Gerhard Fischer, Bob Hughes, Tom Hewett

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Abstract

The creative act is often thought of as an individual, even lonely, one: the inspiration in the bath, the artist isolated in the garret. The research student has to demonstrate that they found new knowledge and that it was “all their own work”. But how often are these individual acts a realistic model of the creative process? Even if inspiration does come in the bath, how many conversations had taken place before that moment? How much time has the “lonely” artist spent in cafes arguing with other artists about their work? If individual research is so important why do we advise a good student to join a successful research department?
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 3rd Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 1999
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages36-41
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)1581130783, 9781581130782
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 1999
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 1999 - Loughborough, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 Oct 199913 Oct 1999

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 3rd Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 1999

Conference

Conference3rd Conference on Creativity and Cognition, C and C 1999
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLoughborough
Period11/10/9913/10/99

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