Types of Creativity

[Jezebel]

This is from Elliot Eisner's book A Typology of Creative Behavior.

I'm curious what you think about his categories of creativity. Would you change anything about his selected categories? Would you add any? Do you think personality type has any bearing on what types of creativity individuals will exhibit the most?

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Aesthetic Organizing (order and beauty from chaos) most common
Qualitative organizing. The need to produce order, harmony, and unity. Differs from the others in that novelty is not required. I often wonder if aesthetic organizing should be included as a type creativity. Of course when one of the other types is used with aesthetic organizing, the result will be creative.

Inventing (bring things together in a new way)
"The inventor does not merely extend the usual limits . . . (but) creates a new object by restructuring the known." p. 326 The inventor often finds useful combinations, congruences, to produce reconstruction's. It is discovery followed by "purposeful activity." p. 327

Boundary Pushing (the rules are too constraining)
". . . . the ability to expand the limits that define uses . . . to place objects into classes from which . . . previously excluded." It is ". . . extending the given." p. 326 Examples include the use of a rubber eraser as a printing stamp or finding ways to bend plywood in order to make chairs.

Boundary Breaking (the rules are the problem) least common
". . . . the rejection or reversal of . . . assumptions and making the 'given' problematic.' p. 327 The creator notices problems with existing assumptions and is able to imagine and generate solutions by thinking "outside the box". Opposite thinking and gap filling thinking.

[Tarrick]

Not sure. I have moments involving all four, though I more commonly have success in Aesthetic Organizing (though not in the usual ways) and Boundary Pushing: Finding a way to bring the desired end to my current situation within the constraints brings me warm fuzzies inside. Though I'm not above ignoring stupid rules either.

[radioactivez0r]

I have nothing to defend my claim, but I doubt that personality type has any bearing on a person's creative behavior, or vice versa. I suppose depending on what those of us here say, that could be false. They seem rather concise - is this just a summary or can you add more? (Or maybe I should just look it up myself :p )

Me, I see as the Inventing type...it is by far the leading behavior in my creative activities.

[brookgarden]

inventing

[Ijz]

Inventing and Boundary breaking

[The Many]

Use all four, of course, but primarily the three latter ones (which is why I forgot to vote for the first alternative... :-X ). Of course, it depends on what you mean with "creativity" too, if you are creating art, or simply a schedule by which to proceed.

[Nomad]

Inventing and boundary breaking. Use all four at times, but these are my strengths. No art though, it's all pragmatic. Don't really know why I got the art association from the question.
-Nomad

[Paul V]

Aesthetic Organising and Boundary Breaking.

Even though I'm a big fan of the rules in order to prevent people from doing something wrong, I absolutely hate them when it comes to art. I always strive for the greatest amount of originality I can muster for my creative works, while at the same time making sure it looks good.

I suck at Inventing and I can't Push the Boundaries, I always end up breaking them.

[Rohsiph]

"Order/beauty from chaos" sounds best . . . I think my style most often reflects surrealism, often originating from very abstract, unbound processes that eventually culminate in a definable work.

At least as far as selecting one option above the rest . . .

[rwyatt365]

Inventing, then Boundary Pushing...

[logan235711]

Boundary Breaking, then perhaps I tie between Inventing and Boundary Pushing