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| - | [[Image:Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, ca. 1875.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket]]'', ([[1874]] - [[1877]]) [[James McNeill Whistler]]]] | + | [[Image:Magnum Chaos by Lorenzo Lotto and Giovan Francesco Capoferri.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Magnum Chaos]]'' (c. 1524 ) by [[Lorenzo Lotto]]]] |
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| + | "Ah, what does it matter to <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[nature]]'s] hand, which is always at work [[creation|creating]], that this or that mass of [[flesh]] which today constitutes an individual [[human|biped]] may be reproduced tomorrow in the form of a thousand different [[insect]]s?"--''[[Justine (de Sade novel)|Justine]]'' by Marquis de Sade [[A mass of flesh which today constitutes an individual ... may be reproduced tomorrow in the form of a thousand insects|[...]]] | ||
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| + | "Before the [[ocean]] and the [[earth]] appeared— before the [[heaven|skies]] had overspread them all— the face of [[Nature]] in a vast expanse was naught but [[Chaos]] uniformly waste. It was a rude and undeveloped [[mass]], that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a [[shapeless]] heap." --[[Metamorphoses |''Metamorphoses'' by Ovid (Brookes More translation)]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:God.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Detail of [[Sistine Chapel]] fresco ''[[Creation of the Sun and Moon]]'' by [[Michelangelo]] (completed [[1512]]).]][[Image:Hands of God and Adam.jpg|thumb|200px|''[[Hands of God and Adam]]'' ([[1500s]]) is a detail of the [[Sistine Chapel ceiling ]] by [[Michelangelo]]. It is a detail from [[Adam and Eve on the Sistine Chapel ceiling|Adam and Eve cycle]]]] | ||
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| - | '''Creativity''' (or '''creativeness''') is a mental process involving the generation of [[new]] [[idea]]s or [[concepts]], or new associations between existing ideas or concepts. | ||
| - | From a scientific point of view, the products of creative thought (sometimes referred to as [[convergent and divergent production|divergent thought]]) are usually considered to have both ''originality'' and ''appropriateness''. An alternative, more everyday conception of creativity is that it is simply the act of making something new. | + | '''Creation''' may refer to: |
| - | Although intuitively a simple phenomenon, it is in fact quite [[complex]]. | + | ==Religion and philosophy== |
| + | *[[Creation myth]], stories of the supernatural creation of the Earth and its inhabitants in various cultures | ||
| + | *[[Creationism]], the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity | ||
| + | *[[Genesis creation narrative]], creation as described in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible | ||
| + | *''[[Creatio ex nihilo]]'', Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts | ||
| - | Creativity has been attributed variously to [[divine intervention]], [[cognitive]] processes, the [[social]] environment, [[trait theory|personality traits]], and [[Randomness|chance]] ("accident," "[[serendipity]]"). It has been associated with [[genius]], [[mental illness]] and [[humour]]. Some say it is a [[trait (biological)|trait]] we are born with; others say it can be taught with the application of simple [[creativity techniques|techniques]]. | + | ==Science and technology== |
| + | *[[Abiogenesis]], the study of how life on Earth could have arisen from inanimate matter | ||
| + | *[[Big Bang]], theory of the beginning of the universe | ||
| + | *[[Cosmogony]], scientific theories of origins of the universe | ||
| + | *[[Invention]], the act of creating a new process or device | ||
| + | ==Entertainment== | ||
| + | *"[[The Creation of Adam]]", a section of Michelangelo's fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling painted circa 1511 | ||
| + | *[[Creation (novel)|''Creation'' (novel)]], a 1981 novel by Gore Vidal | ||
| + | *''The Creation: An Appeal To Save Life on Earth'', a 2006 book by biologist [[Edward O. Wilson]] | ||
| + | *[[Creation Books]], a British publishing company | ||
| - | == See also == | + | ==See also== |
| - | * [[Creativity and mental health]] | + | *[[Creator]] |
| - | :Particularly strong links have been identified between creativity and [[mood disorder]]s, particularly [[manic-depressive disorder]] (aka [[bipolar disorder]]) and [[depressive disorder]] (aka [[unipolar disorder]]). In ''[[Touched with Fire]]'', [[Kay Redfield Jamison]] summarizes studies of mood-disorder rates in '''[[writers]]''', '''[[poets]]''' and '''[[artists]]'''. She also explores research that identifies [[mood disorder]]s in such famous writers and artists as [[Ernest Hemingway]] (who shot himself after [[electroconvulsive treatment]]), [[Virginia Woolf]] (who drowned herself when she felt a depressive episode coming on), composer [[Robert Schumann]] (who died in a mental institution), and even the famed [[visual artist]], [[Michelangelo]]. | + | *[[Creativity]] |
| - | * [[History of creativity]] | + | *[[Creator God]] |
| - | :The ways in which societies have perceived the [[concept]] of [[creativity]] have changed throughout history, as has the [[terminology|term]] itself. The [[ancient Greece|ancient Greek]] concept of [[art]] (in Greek, "''techne''" — the root of "technique" and "technology"), except for [[poetry]], involved not freedom of action but subjection to ''rules''. In [[ancient Rome|Rome]], the Greek concept was partly shaken, and [[visual art]]ists were viewed as sharing, with poets, [[imagination]] and [[artistic inspiration|inspiration]]. | + | |
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"Ah, what does it matter to [nature's] hand, which is always at work creating, that this or that mass of flesh which today constitutes an individual biped may be reproduced tomorrow in the form of a thousand different insects?"--Justine by Marquis de Sade [...] "Before the ocean and the earth appeared— before the skies had overspread them all— the face of Nature in a vast expanse was naught but Chaos uniformly waste. It was a rude and undeveloped mass, that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a shapeless heap." --Metamorphoses by Ovid (Brookes More translation) |
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Religion and philosophy
- Creation myth, stories of the supernatural creation of the Earth and its inhabitants in various cultures
- Creationism, the belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe were created in their original form by a deity
- Genesis creation narrative, creation as described in the first two chapters of the Book of Genesis in the Bible
- Creatio ex nihilo, Latin for "creation out of nothing", a phrase used in philosophical and theological contexts
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Science and technology
- Abiogenesis, the study of how life on Earth could have arisen from inanimate matter
- Big Bang, theory of the beginning of the universe
- Cosmogony, scientific theories of origins of the universe
- Invention, the act of creating a new process or device
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Entertainment
- "The Creation of Adam", a section of Michelangelo's fresco Sistine Chapel ceiling painted circa 1511
- Creation (novel), a 1981 novel by Gore Vidal
- The Creation: An Appeal To Save Life on Earth, a 2006 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson
- Creation Books, a British publishing company
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See also
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