The Creativity Crisis
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- neue75_bold0
haven't read the article, but it's funny, at least on a design level (which is often far removed from 'creativity') I thought America was just finally starting to produce some interesting work, the likes of Zak Kyes, Project Projects, 2x4, Studio New Work, et al...
- don't get me wrong, sagmeister has done some lovely work...neue75_bold
- oh, and Bill Cahan...neue75_bold
- and of course, gramme...neue75_bold
- I blame the 2 click society...neue75_bold
- gramme's portfolio is basically the only thing holding it all together at this point...ukit
- the great white hope...neue75_bold
- fete of the first world, resting
shoulders, his...neue75_bold
- colorbookclothing0
whats why i created Colorbook Clothing, all my shirts have my art on them that you can color, they come with fabric markers.. just something differnt to make people use there creative sides run wild
- < bwhahahaneue75_bold
- wait! i didnt say the punch line yet!colorbookclothing
- sorry, thought you were kidding..neue75_bold
- why wont it let me flip through notescolorbookclothing
- ukit0
We invented rock n roll, you ungrateful bastards
- but rock and roll turns everyone into deprived sex addicts on drugsDodecahedron
- And?ukit
- and that makes us less creative.Dodecahedron
- in 1950s
WHat do you invent now?drgz - Well, we sequenced the human genome in 2008.ukit
- whatsup0
Half of me thinks that this article actually brought my creativity down a notch. Why? Because it stands at the forefront of creativity and inspiration, only to draw us down with boring facts and negativity.
There's a reason why they created art and design schools to foster this creativity. I bet if you only surveyed all the design schools, these statistical numbers would change and they would find that creativity has been on the rise ever since and everyone just choose to ignore it til now.
- detritus0
I posted this on Another Site recently.
http://www.wired.com/magazine/20…
- BoneCrusher0
Sorry, I just have to respond to ukit...
"A study of 300k kids" = "A few thinly sourced examples"
Calling a study of 300,000 scores a "thinly sourced example" is stupid.
"So late 80s, early 90s...that would be the same generation of kids that went on to create the dot com boom"
No, completely fucking wrong there. You think a 7 year old was responsible for the dot com boom?
- lets be clear. there was nothing booming about it.cannonball1978
- BoneCrusher0
"boring facts and negativity"
You are the typical art school loser. Too bad those "boring facts and negativity" reflect this thing called reality. You might have to face it someday when you've graduated with your useless degree and you're filling out a Starbucks application.
- kona0
i'd respond but i seriously can't think of anything witty or creative to say.
- randommail0
If you think about it, "American" education, creativity, test scores, etc. was never really an issue prior to the 1980s. Why? Because it's all relative. The bar has simply been raised with the steady influx of Asian immigrants since the early 1980s. (Korean, Japanese, Indian, etc.)
It's not rocket science.
- whatsup0
@ Bonecrusher- "reality?" are you serious?
What is presented is a twisted form of facts to state a false sense that creativity is on a downfall based on skewed information. You might not understand this because you probably believe everything you hear on TV and media without questioning it. Good luck as you join the ranks of the other mindless robots losers.
- Morning_star0
@ Whatsup
Could you enlighten us with your specific insight into the validity and interpretation of the facts? It seems that if it doesn't agree with your way of thinking it 'must' be wrong? Robots indeed.
- BoneCrusher0
"If you think about it, "American" education, creativity, test scores, etc. was never really an issue prior to the 1980s. Why? Because it's all relative. The bar has simply been raised with the steady influx of Asian immigrants since the early 1980s. (Korean, Japanese, Indian, etc.)"
Also FUCKING wrong. Some of you are amazingly stupid.
- whatsup0
@ morning_star- i never said it was wrong. In fact the researchers in the article would agree that art schools already posses the needed creativity that they want to teach in schools...
"Researchers say creativity should be taken out of the art room and put into homeroom."
in other words art students already possess these needed creative skills that the business world desire. All the many art schools around the world, exploding with creativity and they want to harness it. So they want to give the "uncreative" people the creativity? Why not boost the people who are already creative? People like you, I, and the people on QBN who are already creative. Do numbers, facts and figures inspire or even teach you to be more creative?
Creativity is not on a "downfall" then. In fact, I believe it's been on a rise ever since man drew on walls. If I score 100 kids one year, and again in ten years on creativity, I'm bound to get different results based on the types of people. Not everyone possesses the skills of the creative. People like Van Gogh died a poor man before anyone could realize how awesome he was. But then again, how in the world do you score creativity?
So the facts in the article were left up for interpretation and not for inspiration so I thought it was boring. There are lots of creative people in this world as art schools keep pouring thousands of them out every year.
- JSK0
USA USA USA USA USA!
- i_monk0
decisionman:
The first draft of Inception was written shortly after The Matrix/eXistenZ/the 13th Floor/Dark City premiered.
All 4 movies deal with the idea of layers of awareness and reality; two of them include alterable architecture/cityscapes, and two of them end with the revelation or suggestion that there is yet another level beyond what was perceived as 'reality' the characters returned to.
That said, there are no new stories, and everything is a rehash of something told around a camp file 4000 years ago.
- BoneCrusher0
whatsup, you are a borderline idiot.
whatsup said: "So they want to give the "uncreative" people the creativity? Why not boost the people who are already creative? "
Because the uncreative drones are a problem, for society, for the economy, for our politics, and for our personal well-being.
whatsup said: "Do numbers, facts and figures inspire or even teach you to be more creative?"
Yes, they absolutely can. Creativity can come from anywhere. The most useful creative solutions actually address those facts, figures, and numbers. They improve our lives in real ways.
whatsup said: "In fact, I believe it's been on a rise ever since man drew on walls."
You have no proof of this. This is purely your guess, and probably based on some idea of technical mastery, rather than any true notion of creativity.
whatsup said: "If I score 100 kids one year, and again in ten years on creativity, I'm bound to get different results based on the types of people. "
No shit, that's not the point of the article nor the study. The point is to study changes in generations, not individuals.
whatsup said: "So the facts in the article were left up for interpretation and not for inspiration so I thought it was boring."
It's in fucking Newsweek, not the Louvre. The article isn't supposed to make you creative or "inspire" you, you fucking dolt.
- JSK0
USA?