CREATIVITY NOTE All creativity requires Bisociative Thinking or

CREATIVITY NOTE: All creativity requires Bisociative Thinking or Double Vision. by Don L. F. Nilsen and Alleen Pace Nilsen 1

Creative Christmas Dinner: http: //www. youtube. com/watch_popup? feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=niegc 7 Qcil. M 2

Two Views of Creativity 3

Creative Advertising 4

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Four undocumented Mexican students from Carl Hayden Community High School… …used creativity to defeat major research universities to receive 1 st place in a robotics competition. Their robot had to successfully perform five different tasks. The competition was in a swimming pool at the University of California at Long Beach. The students at M. I. T. received 2 nd place in this same competition. 6

Carrot Clarinet: http: //www. youtube. com/embed/BISr. Gw. N-y. H 4 7

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Creative Honda Ad: https: //www. youtube-nocookie. com/embed/Dxy 4 n 0 UT 82 o? rel=0 11

TYPE I: ARTISTIC ORIGINALITY AH! ______________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12

DESCRIPTIONS Abstract Expressionism Cubism Dada Expressionism Impressionism (Puntalism) Realism Surrealism 13

EXAMPLES Camille Saint Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” Ferde Grofé’s “On the Trail” from “Grand Canyon Suite” Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” Salvador Dali’s art Pablo Picasso’s art Gertrude Stein’s writing Jackson Pollock’s art 14

TYPE II: SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY AH HA! ________ ________/ 15

DESCRIPTIONS Bisociative Click Epiphany Eureka Cry “Das aha erlebnis” 16

EXAMPLES 1 Discovering the Relationships Between: Tides The Moon Lodestones North Pole Amber Magnets 17

EXAMPLES 2 And Inventing: Electricity, Electromagnetic Engines Etc. 18

TYPE III: COMIC INSPIRATION HA HA! ______ !*_______i* 19

DESCRIPTIONS Incongruous Incompatible Ironic Ludicrous Paradoxical Ridiculous Satiric 20

EXAMPLES Anachronisms in Science Fiction Othello with the hiccups Chess player who gives his opponent a double martini Fulton’s Folly (Steamboat) 21

SOME FINAL THOUGHTS CONTRAST: Convergent thinking with Divergent thinking. FINAL QUOTE: “When everyone is thinking the same, then noone is thinking. ” Child’s Play: An example of divergent thinking: http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Mvw 469 GJ 4 y 0 22

References: Koestler, Arthur. The Act of Creation. New York, NY: Dell, 1946. 23