Zorana, you are SO right with this post! There is so much research over the decades about the role played by social interactions, networks, and even cultures and histories. I also like that you mentioned the researchers from the 1950s and 1960s. Today, we tend to think we are the first smart people ever and that we noticed things for the first time. But when you go back and read these scholars from 50 to 100 years ago, you discover that YES, they DID notice the same things, and their hypotheses and explanations are actually pretty good. We are not the first smart people to think about creativity!
I appreciated your article! It got me thinking about how museums are a social version of creativity. The arc of history, artists, and stories wrap visitors in potential creative sparks. Whether looking at an artifact or attending a program, a visitor might get an idea for their photography, or their gardening, or their cooking. Even if they are visiting the museum by themselves, they have the social wrappings of history. Thanks for nudging my brain!
Exactly! Museums make me feel alive. And grateful to be human; because humans are capable of … all the magnificence of art and science and building on what others have done before and thinking of what others will do in the future.
Zorana, you are SO right with this post! There is so much research over the decades about the role played by social interactions, networks, and even cultures and histories. I also like that you mentioned the researchers from the 1950s and 1960s. Today, we tend to think we are the first smart people ever and that we noticed things for the first time. But when you go back and read these scholars from 50 to 100 years ago, you discover that YES, they DID notice the same things, and their hypotheses and explanations are actually pretty good. We are not the first smart people to think about creativity!
I appreciated your article! It got me thinking about how museums are a social version of creativity. The arc of history, artists, and stories wrap visitors in potential creative sparks. Whether looking at an artifact or attending a program, a visitor might get an idea for their photography, or their gardening, or their cooking. Even if they are visiting the museum by themselves, they have the social wrappings of history. Thanks for nudging my brain!
Exactly! Museums make me feel alive. And grateful to be human; because humans are capable of … all the magnificence of art and science and building on what others have done before and thinking of what others will do in the future.