Earler in the discussion board postings, I mentioned that society tended to attribute creative qualities to the mentally ill because they wanted to shed some light on their unfortunate condition, and explain that there may be some good to come out of their madness.
I believe that people with less severe mental disorders have a greater capacity to imagine far-reaching creative possibliliites than people who strictly rationalize all the time. Take ADHD for example. There is faction of people whom wish to see the end of prescription drugs that treat ADHD because they believe that they interfere with the god-given greative genious that comes with the disorder. This is an interesting notion, but we must be careful not to generalize. I have ADHD, and I take Adderall to treat it. Some days I forget to take my adderall, and my friends can tell the difference. Does this mean that I am more creative when I do not take the drug? I certainly do not think so, but it is something interesting to study further, possibly for my inquiry project.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Creativity in my job, Kayne West's creativity
For the last two weeks at work, my internship in the Athletics Office has consisted of me gathering data for a new Millsaps Athletics Web Site. The website is new and more creative than the only website because the browser can access live game feeds from the new website. While this has been a minor "little-c" creative experiance, it still has excited me because we plan to make additions to the web site later on in the semester to make it even better/more original.
Today in class we talked about Csikszentmihalyi's "sociocultural model" of creativity, and were asked to bring in a Person-Field-Domain model. Mine was Kayne West, drawing on the awe I had experianced while watching him perform in Atlanta just months past. I identified the Field as the talent agents, managers, record company producers, Hip-Hop Magazines (Rolling Stone and Vibe) and the overall listening public. These serve as the "gatekeepers" to the Hip-Hop Domain. The "gatekeepers", as we discussed in class, are seemingly becoming extinct in the music industry because of MySpace.com, Facebook, and YouTube. The ways that one can optain music is endless, and just about anyone can get people to listen to their music though the internet.
Today in class we talked about Csikszentmihalyi's "sociocultural model" of creativity, and were asked to bring in a Person-Field-Domain model. Mine was Kayne West, drawing on the awe I had experianced while watching him perform in Atlanta just months past. I identified the Field as the talent agents, managers, record company producers, Hip-Hop Magazines (Rolling Stone and Vibe) and the overall listening public. These serve as the "gatekeepers" to the Hip-Hop Domain. The "gatekeepers", as we discussed in class, are seemingly becoming extinct in the music industry because of MySpace.com, Facebook, and YouTube. The ways that one can optain music is endless, and just about anyone can get people to listen to their music though the internet.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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