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7/19/2019

What's Your Creativity Trigger? #MFRWauthor



Creativity - how it strikes us in different ways is this week's topic in the challenge. First a definition. Creativity is defined as the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. Just from the definition it is easy to see how creativity can manifest itself in different ways. Our imagination and thoughts can take us on journeys to the stars and to the old West.

Image by Mediamodifier from Pixabay
Then there is the variety of production. There are as many forms of artistic expression as there are people doing the creating. Stone and wood, fabric and paper, are used by artists. Creativity doesn't necessarily involve material things. Authors and musicians create more ethereal works, which may be one of the contributors to the rise of piracy. An ebook or a song isn't held in your hand.

Image by Karen Smits from Pixabay
However my first thought upon reading the topic involved when and where. Some of my most productive writing has been at two in the morning while in a bedside vigil. Some people need absolute silence or isolation to create. Music can release the muses from control of the conscious mind or the reality of daily life to allow creativity free rein. Other things that can distract conscious control and allow creativity to flourish can be television or crowds.

I hope you enjoyed the discussion into creativity.

~till next time, Helen





4 comments:

  1. I suspect many of us writers get/got a creative spark from stories on TV or in films, creating our own mental spin-offs. While I'm not interested in publishing fanfic, I certainly give my imagination a workout creating stories for characters I meet on the big and little screen.

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    1. I think many, many years ago I might have been encouraged to write fanfic, but unlike today, none of the programs had books or were allowed to have any other format published. So the television didn't actually provide the spark of inspiration, it just allowed my mind to work on a different plane. Contrary to the education theory of the time when students were sequestered to do their homework, I welcomed the distraction of television and always did my homework in front of it.

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  2. One of my very best books was sparked by a movie. The book has nothing to do with the characters of or the story told by that movie, but it served as the spark nonetheless. It lit the way and missed that left turn at Albuquerque to end up in a new realm.

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    1. It's interesting how something could inspire. Thanks for stopping by.

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