“Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.” William Plomer (African born English Writer, 1903-1973)
There is a common denominator that ties together all people of all interests to the field of creativity. That common denominator is the internal creative process. I refer to the processing mechanistic of the brain. This is the systems management of learning, development; it facilitates interests, passion and will determine a person’s most suitable occupation.
There is not one occupation out there that does not rely on internal creative processing.
There is not a single business sector that does not rely on this internal processing for it quality, success and sustainability (about 80% of businesses are unaware of this).
How knowledge and experience is processed is what produces artists of all types from writers to rock artists and all in between. In education it is this creative process that has the potential to transform the experience of learning and teaching if utilised to its natural potential.
Threading all this together could be the key to spreading a more inclusive awareness of creativity, its benefits and possibly strongly influence a greater relationship between the wider community and the arts.
There is a need to know that creativity is relevant, more than that there is a need to understand in a tangible way the role of the creative process in life, business, education and the quality of community social connectivity.
The arts world, its people are intimately familiar with such things as;
- What it means to follow your passion.
- Discovering your area of natural artistic expression.
- The very personal human growth that happens when engaged in what one loves and has a passion for.
- Success comes in many forms and not just the bottom line of a spread sheet.
None express better than Ken Robinson a powerful argument for the importance and value of creativity.
“Imagination is the source of every form of human achievement. And it's the one thing that I believe we are systematically jeopardizing in the way we educate our children and ourselves.” Sir Ken Robinson.