Creativity and Imagination

Creativity, as I see it, is using your "imagination," exploring ideas and places never gone before. Anything can always be more creative. Sometimes a little bit of time and effort may be needed to be put forth, but in the end, creativity is a work of art. Everyone has creativity, whether they believe they do or not. I read a review on a book, "The Philosophy of Creativity", and I found a very interesting quote of the book in the review. I thought this quote was also very powerful. It reads:

"However, one can say at the least, that creativity embodies the qualities of evolving forms and values (novelty), freedom for that evolvement (openness), spontaneity, and cognitive processes which aid in generating creative impulses."

Imagination, is almost like creativity, yet very different at the same time. Imagination is your bodies way of allowing yourself to go beyond the normal boundaries of thinking and push yourself to your limits to think of something "creative." We all use our imaginations, everyday. Whether it be wishing you weren't at work but rather sitting on the beach in paradise, eating a big juicy steak, or even something as simple as envisioning which outfit would look best each day. Kids, I believe, are the largest users of imagination. Everyday they play house, barbies, G.I. Joe, matchbox cars, and my personal favorite, making up an "imaginary friend!"