A panel of Open University academics got together to give their take on creativity. Extracts are featured in OpenMinds (pages 10-13) and you can see more on the discussion below.
Discussion guide (approximate timings in minutes):
- Start: Introducing the Panel (l-r)
Dr Jane Henry (JH), Senior Lecturer in applied psychology
Chair, Writer Sophie Radice
Derek Neale (DN), Fiction writer and Lecturer in creative writing
Dr Fiona Doloughan (FD), Lecturer in English literature and creative writing
- 1.00 (JH)
What is creativity? The panel share their views
- 3.29 (ALL)
What is the process of creativity?
Is it access to material, is it about the environment? Does it come from suppression?
- 5.30 (FD & DN)
Creative response to pressure and oppression
Is it a different type of creativity? Examples of Freud’s views.
- 10.45 (JH)
In business and science a mix of personalities works best
- 11.23 (Chair & FD)
Can creativity be an obsession with a tiny detail? Views ion Picasso
- 12.30 (FD)
Is creativity innate? What influence does culture have?
- 13.11 (DN)
How a writer draws the reader in? It’s essential to make the reader a co-producer.
- 14.30 (DN)
Can you teach creativity and art?
Editing is as important as creativity in writing and let others read your work helps you learn
- 17.00 (FD)
Final thoughts: reading, writing and learning go together and are needed for creative writing
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