CREATIVITY
We should have no illusions in art education that creativity is our private preserve. If "creative" means something like "original" or "inventive," then other disciplines and professions have valid claims to the word. On the other hand, if "creative" refers to the frames of mind that lead to the unique type of production called "art," then we have special knowledge of the subject. Artistic activity has a highly visible character, and srnce we preside over that activity, we have an "Inside" view of the creative process and its products.
When it comes to definitions of creativity there is an inevita ble conflict between educators and psychologists. For art teachers, creativity is largely manifest in the technique, expressiveness, and quality of a work of art. For psychologists, creativity tends to be an aspect of personality, a cluster of mental traits such as awareness of problems, flexibility, spontaneity, tolerance of ambiguity, and so on. These traits, we are told, are more or less correlated with intelligence. As for works of art themselves, they may be