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Intro; Preface; Contents; Notes on Contributors; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; The Creative Process-What Are We Talking About?; The Creative Process-A Little History; Act 1; Act 2; Act 3; Act 4; The Creative Process-Types of Research; The Nature of the Creative Process: Putting It All Together; Multiple Methodologies: Interviews, Notebooks, Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses; Bibliography; 2 How Do They Do It? The Importance of Being … eArNe(ARTI)ST; Various Moments of Creation; Unconscious Scanning; Concentration, Emptiness, and Fullness; Intuition
An Ethics of CreationInvention, Intention: The Mental Balance; Choice and Discrimination; Construction, Destruction, Reconstruction; The Fruitful Tension; The Game (and About the Ready-Mades); Constraints, Rules, System; The End-When Is a Work Finished?; How to Be an Artist?; Win or Lose; What Could Research on Creation Be?; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 The Creative Process in Graphic Art; The Creative Process in Art; The Multivariate Approach; The Creative Process According to Professional Artists; The Stages of the Creative Process; The Multivariate Factors Involved in Artistic Creativity
Observations of the Creative Process with Art StudentsThe Creative Process and the Multivariate Factors; The Creative Process According to the Level of Performance; Exercises to Improve the Artistic Creative Process; The Creative Process in the Different Exercise Groups; Discussion; The Artistic Creative Process; The Multivariate Approach in Art; Conclusion; References; 4 The Creative Process in Writers; Current Theories of the Creative Process; Method; Motivation; Five Core Attitudes for Creators; Self-Discipline; Risk-Taking; Group Trust; Tolerance for Ambiguity; Openness to Experience
Seven "I's"Inspiration; Inspiration from Love: Visitation of the Muse; Inspiration from Dreams; Inspiration of Novel Surroundings: Travel; Inspiration from Others' Work; Intuition; Insight; Imagery; Imagination; Incubation; Improvisation; General Practices in the Creative Process; Need for Solitude; Meditation; Exercise; The Creative Process as Study; Ritual; The Influence of the Transpersonal: The Mystical Mystery; Discussion; References; 5 Collaborative Scriptwriting: Social and Psychological Factors; Social Factors and Processes in Screenplay Writing; Diversity and Social Cohesion
Dialogue and OpennessInspiration and Joint Problem-Solving; Psychological Factors and Processes in Screenplay Writing; Impregnation; Planning for Action; Production; The Education of Screenplay Writers; Novice Students: Stages of the Creative Process; Professional Writers: Self-Taught Versus Specific Education; Conclusion; References; 6 The Creative Process in Science and Engineering; The Necessity for Creativity in Science, Engineering, and Society; Traits, Motivation, and Abilities for the Creative Scientist and Engineer; The Creative Personality; Motivational Tendencies Driving the Process
An Ethics of CreationInvention, Intention: The Mental Balance; Choice and Discrimination; Construction, Destruction, Reconstruction; The Fruitful Tension; The Game (and About the Ready-Mades); Constraints, Rules, System; The End-When Is a Work Finished?; How to Be an Artist?; Win or Lose; What Could Research on Creation Be?; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 The Creative Process in Graphic Art; The Creative Process in Art; The Multivariate Approach; The Creative Process According to Professional Artists; The Stages of the Creative Process; The Multivariate Factors Involved in Artistic Creativity
Observations of the Creative Process with Art StudentsThe Creative Process and the Multivariate Factors; The Creative Process According to the Level of Performance; Exercises to Improve the Artistic Creative Process; The Creative Process in the Different Exercise Groups; Discussion; The Artistic Creative Process; The Multivariate Approach in Art; Conclusion; References; 4 The Creative Process in Writers; Current Theories of the Creative Process; Method; Motivation; Five Core Attitudes for Creators; Self-Discipline; Risk-Taking; Group Trust; Tolerance for Ambiguity; Openness to Experience
Seven "I's"Inspiration; Inspiration from Love: Visitation of the Muse; Inspiration from Dreams; Inspiration of Novel Surroundings: Travel; Inspiration from Others' Work; Intuition; Insight; Imagery; Imagination; Incubation; Improvisation; General Practices in the Creative Process; Need for Solitude; Meditation; Exercise; The Creative Process as Study; Ritual; The Influence of the Transpersonal: The Mystical Mystery; Discussion; References; 5 Collaborative Scriptwriting: Social and Psychological Factors; Social Factors and Processes in Screenplay Writing; Diversity and Social Cohesion
Dialogue and OpennessInspiration and Joint Problem-Solving; Psychological Factors and Processes in Screenplay Writing; Impregnation; Planning for Action; Production; The Education of Screenplay Writers; Novice Students: Stages of the Creative Process; Professional Writers: Self-Taught Versus Specific Education; Conclusion; References; 6 The Creative Process in Science and Engineering; The Necessity for Creativity in Science, Engineering, and Society; Traits, Motivation, and Abilities for the Creative Scientist and Engineer; The Creative Personality; Motivational Tendencies Driving the Process