Comments on: Is a Great Soup ‘More Creative’ Than a Good Song or Painting? http://www.thecreativeinstinct.com/2008/05/22/is-a-great-soup-%e2%80%98more-creative%e2%80%99-than-a-good-song-or-painting/ Smashing Through the Barriers to Creativity Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:35:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Gaina http://www.thecreativeinstinct.com/2008/05/22/is-a-great-soup-%e2%80%98more-creative%e2%80%99-than-a-good-song-or-painting/#comment-6172 Gaina Fri, 23 May 2008 14:57:46 +0000 http://www.thecreativeinstinct.com/2008/05/22/is-a-great-soup-%e2%80%98more-creative%e2%80%99-than-a-good-song-or-painting/#comment-6172 I think Maslow is right about the soup. I see Art as a type of of love, weather it's music, painting or a turkey pie. If it comforts people, makes them feel like they are not so alone during a crisis, or just makes you laugh then it's a pure form of love and that is an art to me. I think Maslow is right about the soup. I see Art as a type of of love, weather it’s music, painting or a turkey pie. If it comforts people, makes them feel like they are not so alone during a crisis, or just makes you laugh then it’s a pure form of love and that is an art to me.

]]> By: Andrew Leigh http://www.thecreativeinstinct.com/2008/05/22/is-a-great-soup-%e2%80%98more-creative%e2%80%99-than-a-good-song-or-painting/#comment-6410 Andrew Leigh Sun, 25 May 2008 11:00:15 +0000 http://www.thecreativeinstinct.com/2008/05/22/is-a-great-soup-%e2%80%98more-creative%e2%80%99-than-a-good-song-or-painting/#comment-6410 Hi Gaina - yes, I agree with you when you are talking about Art. When I wrote this post though, it came as a very immediate, spontaneous response to the quotation I saw - and that was using the word 'creative'. I didn't really pause to consider the linkages with art. There's a lot of love goes into making my pies, and my soups for that matter. And though, as I said, I hope my pies are first rate, my soups mostly aren't - but they do tend to be more creative, in the sense of being experimental and improvisational. That's the point I was going for - that there isn't necessarily a correlation between the amount of creativity that goes into something and the 'quality' of the end result. So a 'second rate' painting can be more creative than a first rate soup, but - a 'second rate' soup can also be more creative than a first rate soup, painting or whatever. Thanks for your comment and keep 'em coming - they're much appreciated. Hi Gaina - yes, I agree with you when you are talking about Art. When I wrote this post though, it came as a very immediate, spontaneous response to the quotation I saw - and that was using the word ‘creative’. I didn’t really pause to consider the linkages with art.

There’s a lot of love goes into making my pies, and my soups for that matter. And though, as I said, I hope my pies are first rate, my soups mostly aren’t - but they do tend to be more creative, in the sense of being experimental and improvisational.

That’s the point I was going for - that there isn’t necessarily a correlation between the amount of creativity that goes into something and the ‘quality’ of the end result. So a ’second rate’ painting can be more creative than a first rate soup, but - a ’second rate’ soup can also be more creative than a first rate soup, painting or whatever.

Thanks for your comment and keep ‘em coming - they’re much appreciated.

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