The Creative Personality

The Creative Personality

HYPERLINK "mailto :letters psychologytoday .com " Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 's article The Creative Personality ' attempts to achieve the impossible . It seeks to provide a clear definition of the creative mind . Or , more accurately , it looks at the behavior patterns of those who are creative individuals . Through this examination , there is an attempt to record those traits that would be yield a creative personality . Of course , duplicating the actions of creative people will not automatically make a person creative . That is the subtext present in this article . It seeks to show

that creativity is really not a skill as much as it is a personality type

Specifically , the article examines ten common traits found in creative people . Of course , creative people are not limited to these ten traits However , those that do embody creativity possess many of these traits The ten specific traits include drive and passion loneliness openness and sensitivity varying degrees of rebellious and /or conservative behavior propensity for daydreaming and fantasy introverted or extroverted behavior an aversion to stereotyping a sense of both pride and humility a mix of intelligence and napve behavior and limitless energy

The author points out that a creative personality is more than just a mere diversion . It is a form of living life to the fullest (This is evidenced in the mostly positive ten attributes the author lists ) This is because when people feel creative they feel truly alive . That creates a great endorsement for possessing a creative personality : it is the gateway to living life to one 's fullest . That is why it is so desirable and also so well worth studying

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These assessments are HYPERLINK "mailto :letters psychologytoday .com Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi 's and the author does provide a logical examination of the creative personality . But does this logical assessment hold up upon closer examination

Understanding the creative mind is something that has always interested me . I can see creative things on display in many venues . This has piqued my interest in learning more about the personality that begets the creative mind . This is why I selected this article

There are a number of merits to the article in the sense that it does mention many of the positive attributes of the creative mind . However it does ignore many of the dysfunctional aspects of creative personalities . Nihilism , misogyny , attachment diss , and a whole host of other psychological issues plague creative people . The absence of any acknowledgement of this is glaring . In terms of being able to provide an intelligent look at the positive side of creativity , the author does a fine job

Overall , this is an article that I would recommend to others to read . It is enlightening and eye-opening . It provides a decent look at common traits and , more importantly , how these traits motivate actions . That provides a unique sense of clarity on the subject and this clarity remains unknown to most people who enjoy examining creative work

This is essentially a very well written...