Description
There is a popular notion that creativity is highly valued in our culture. However, those "in the trenches," people in creative endeavors that actually produce the acts of creativity, say this is not so. There is a negative correlation between the value stated and the true value placed on creativity by our contemporary culture. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate that correlation as well as a possible contributing factor to this negative correlation--the fear of risk involved in enacting and accepting creativity. The methods used in this study were literature review and interview. An extensive literature review was done, as much has been written on creativity. The review was done in four parts: 1) the difficulty in defining creativity; 2) fear and the fear of creativity; 3) solutions - ways to be, express, and accept creativity; and 4) the plethora of articles written about creativity. Six one-on-one interviews were conducted with creative individuals from a variety of commercial creative endeavors. Creatives in commercial fields were chosen specifically because of their ability to influence the culture. The results of this study showed that the hypothesis, that there is a negative correlation between the value stated and the true value placed on creativity, is true. The fear of risk involved in enacting and accepting creativity as a factor in this dichotomy was also shown to be true.
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Title
- The true value placed on creativity: is the fear of risk a factor?
Contributors
- Gelman, Howard P (Author)
- Heywood, Wil (Thesis advisor)
- Patel, Mookesh (Committee member)
- Knox, Gordon (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
Date Created
The date the item was original created (prior to any relationship with the ASU Digital Repositories.)
2013
Subjects
- Social Research
- Creativity
- Culture
- Fear
- risk
- Risk-taking (Psychology)
- Creative ability--Social aspects--Case studies.
- Creative ability
- Creative ability in business--Case studies.
- Creative ability in business
- Creative ability--Psychological aspects.
- Creative ability
- Creative ability in business--Psychological aspects.
- Creative ability in business
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Note
- thesisPartial requirement for: M.S.D., Arizona State University, 2013
- bibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (p. 93-96)
- Field of study: Design
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Statement of Responsibility
by Howard P. Gelman