The Creative Spark
"Creative activity (isn't) the icing on the cake. Human creativity is the cake." (Jerry Hirschberg)Creativity - "the mastery of information and skills in the service of dreams" (Hirschberg) -is much prized in the arts, science, business and the classroom. What does the creative process look like? Under what conditions does it flourish - what ignites the creative spark? Attempting to answer these questions, this class explores ways creativity has been understood in Western culture: what we pri...