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Creativity by mihaly csikszentmihalyi5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() Nowadays if one does not make some money (however pitifully little) out of writing, it’s considered to be a waste of time. Not so long ago, it was acceptable to be an amateur poet…. As psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi put it: The word suggests that those who don’t work as “Creatives” have no business in the area of creativity. The term lumps all working artists together, as though their work were interchangeable deliverables measured in billable hours. Anyone who does creative work may be labeled a “Creative” ( used as a noun) at some point in their career. The current focus on creativity isn’t always a net positive. There may be as many best-selling books on creativity as there are on dieting or relationships. ![]() Or, at least, we continue to be fascinated by creativity now more than ever, it seems. Nonetheless, humans continue to create things. Despite decades of research, scientists still know little about the source of creativity. ![]()
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