ICM

Like how teachers tell the students who don’t do well in class, anyone can be creative. I went over this in an earlier post, but, the idea has struck again whilst I read “Creators: Multiple Intelligences” by Howard Gardner, a man who seems to love citing himself. But, besides his name being inked everywhere, he brings up multiple points using seven different people and their several different professions. Any profession, can have creativity applied; the McDonald’s drive thru employee, the firefighter, the librarian, the cyclist, the people who collect the garbage on Springfield’s State St. The reason is, that would be their “domain” as Gardner put it. They work within a certain set of confines, or with a certain set. Take the drive thru employee. They have the ability to identify themselves to the customer (this example would be through the headset, taking the customer’s order) in almost any way they want. It can be fast, slow, include a wonder about that person’s day, a joke. And what happens is, the “field” is the person’s judge. The “field” decides the creativity, seemingly based on pathos and the juxtaposition of whatever is most similar. The judge, in the example, can be the customer, another employee at McDonald’s, or even one of the managers. Really, creativity is defined by the audience.

One thing that impacted me, like I paused Mr. West for it, was that creativity can be determined by an IQ test, even though creativity tests exist. Creativity tests, in the perspective of Gardner, only seem to identify a list of different things that can be done with a brick (in a quick interlude… I believe that’s only one form of creativity. It’s more than what a brick can be used for, but also, how you could use the brick. When would decide to use the brick? In its early creation, or when it’s been aged to crumbles?). I actually, have never done an IQ test and it inspired me to do one. However, I’m not doing one right now. If someone wants to comment a link to an IQ test, I’ll get to eventually and readdress my position on whether or not IQ tests can measure, or seems to measure, one’ creativity. 

But, the last thing I want to touch up on were the several comments that explained that many people weren’t viewed as creative until they died or stopped putting out their work. It instilled some fear into me, me being an upcoming writer. I don’t know how I’d feel if my dreams were only remembered, after I could no longer dream. If I’m going to be acknowledged, I’d like to be around when it happens, and then build off the hype or criticism I receive. Part of creativity is revising one’s work. It seems like a nightmare. To not be around for it… I have nothing else to say