The whole Spring 2005 issue of “incharacter” magazine is about creativity.
Some bits:
Most Americans don’t agree on Thomas Edison’s famous “Genius is 1 % inspiration and 99 % perspiration”, but rather “Original ideas” and “The ability to solve problems” to be most important. Read more.
Higher IQ goes along with higher creativity: ““We saw creativity increase as IQs climb to 130 and even up to 150,” Carson says. But in those with average IQs, around 100, reductions in latent inhibition did not boost creativity. High intelligence, she adds, “should help you to better process the increasing information that goes along with low latent inhibition. To be creative, you can be bright and crazy, but not stupid.”” Read more.
And Howard Gardner has some advice for “Everyday creativity”: “We can encourage students to confront rather than run away from challenges, to gain pleasure for exploring the unknown, to mix with individuals who are different from themselves. We should also provide periodic obstacles, frustrations, even defeats, and help the aspiring creator deal with these in a way that makes them strong rather than despondent. ” Read more.