The true definition of Creativity?

After reading Twyla Tharp, I feel like I have a sense of what creativity really is. She talked a lot about different ways of approaching projects, but it also went much deeper than that. I was able to take her words and apply them to ways of thinking and problem solving. From her perspective, we can gain ways of exploring our own minds and being more independent by using our own thoughts to come up with new ideas and propelling ourselves forward in life.  In class it was mentioned that Autonomy is the ability to create goals and standards that you set for yourself to live by, this ties into creativity because you have to know yourself, your likes, your dislikes, your limitations, etc. to be able to figure out what you want to achieve in life. Creativity can be defined in many different ways, but it’s mainly being able to think on your own and come up with your own ideas and thoughts. It’s important because without it, we can’t really achieve autonomy or advance in society. Any form of technology we have today was once a thought or an idea in someone’s mind. They created their idea when they put it on paper or began to make it. Being creative is what differentiates us from other people and makes us unique. Not everyone has the same creative style, and everyone’s mind is different.  Creativity can be incorporated in our lives in many different ways, especially when it comes to school. Trying out new methods of studying, putting a personal spin on an assignment, and taking risks, are all creative.  Even after reading Twyla Tharp, I still don’t think creativity can be taught. As I said before, creativity is something that comes from you, in your mind. There isn’t any way to teach someone how to think creatively because then they will just go out and repeat your style of creativity. That becomes more completion and imitation rather than true creativity. We should attempt this individually because it will really show how different and unique we are from other people. If we showed off our creativity, it’s possible that people would be a bit happier, because they’re showing off themselves. Attempting creativity socially could be a good thing because people’s ideas could be heard and put into action. Expressing our creativity could get ideas bouncing to come up with better or completely new ideas as well in the process.