Where Does Creativity Come From?

To inhibit or to demonstrate imagination or creativity is a personal choice. But where does the creativity come from? Is it learned or a natural cognitive process? Attempting to understand the creative mind requires heavy exploration through historical analysis, research, and ideological conceptions. What sparked in our ancestors’ minds to challenge their creatively-mundane lives to paint on the cave walls or build permanent structures? The structures that evolved from necessary simple material shelters, to stone temples and cathedrals, to present day skyscrapers bursting with technology. This listed progression of architecture is obviously vague, but socio and political issues had to change rational thinking, and inspired thought for the advancements through creativity. In respect, the architecture realm of study requires substantial levels of ingenuity, vindicating the issues by designing contemporary places. …show more content…
Words alone do not answer the questions, but they are a starting point. The definition is simple, yet leaving holes wide open. Creativity is psychological, but extends into reality through many different means, but it has to get out there. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Once the idea is provoked, the time it takes to figure it out and send it into the world is crucial. Creativity and innovation generates new possibilities of discovery, beauty, and sometimes adding to the confusion of daily life. But why is humanity creative? Is it intellectually perceived? Creativity is needed to communicate, solve problems, and vary complex situations