Resource Center A Guide to Electronic and Printed References Creativity
For other resources related to Creativity see also 
http://home.nyu.edu/~as245/AITG/ 
Applied & Interactive Theatre Guide: A resource for those who use theatre techniques for other and more than arts and entertainment purposes.
http://www.aandb.org.uk
Arts & Business - Arts & Business Week (Annotated at Arts in education)
http://www.braincourse.com
Creative Alternatives (Annotated at Brain-based learning)
http://www.kennedy-center.org/education
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Education and Outreach (Annotated at Arts in education)
Buzan, Tony. Make the Most of Your Mind. 1984, Fireside/Simon & Schuster, New York, NY (Annotated at Brain-based learning).
De Bono, Edward. Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas. New York, NY: HarperBusiness/HarperCollins Publishers, 1992.
| The originator of 'lateral thinking' defines the concept as "a systematic approach to creative thinking with formal techniques that can be used deliberately. These tools are based directly on the behavior of the human brain". The author asserts that, while genius is a gift of nature, creativity can be learned and improved upon by anyone who seriously sets out to do so. "'Lateral thinking' is defined as 'seeking to solve problems by unorthodox or apparently illogical methods'. The key word is 'apparently'. The methods may seem 'illogical' in terms of normal logic but are derived from the logic of patterning systems where, for example, provocation is necessary. The simplest way to describe lateral thinking is to say: 'You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.' This emphasizes the searching for different approaches and different ways of looking at things." This is a fascinating, thinking provoking book. But beware: You may not be able to put it down, once you get caught up in and with it. |
Fobes, Richard. The Creative Problem Solver's Toolbox: A Complete Course in the Art of Creating Solutions to Problems of Any Kind. Corvallis, OR: Solutions Through Innovation. 1993.
| The book lists a set of more than 65 'tools' (like looking for merits in new ideas rather than discarding them as stupid, looking at ideas from new perspectives, and judging them according to possible usefulness, converting negative goals into positive ones and directing them towards a final, valid solution), which can be used to arrive at creative solutions towards problems encountered in business, government and politics, in the family and the home, technology and inventing, personal relationships, employment, etc. Each aspect is illustrated by examples how a solution was arrived at. A very provocative and lively written book that stimulates and directs the mind in situations that call for creative thinking and action. |
Gardner, Howard. Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1993.
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For his study of 'creativity' Gardner has chosen as examples the lives of seven giants, a psychologist, a physicist, a painter, a composer, a poet, a dancer, and a politician, all of whom were born at the end of the 19th century but exerted their greatest influence during the first half of the 20th. All of them were revolutionaries in their fields, their creative powers leaving indelible marks on the world for generations to come. This is a remarkable study and, indeed, as Gardner himself said, a labor of love. |
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