Wonder, beyond curiosity: Vlad Glăveanu interviewed by Gil Dekel

Wonder, beyond curiosity: Vlad Glăveanu interviewed by Gil Dekel

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration INTERVIEW Wonder, beyond curiosity: Vlad Glăveanu interviewed by Gil Dekel Vlad Glăveanu and Gil Dekel [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Gil Dekel: What is ‘creativity’?… Vlad Glăveanu: Creativity is an...
Weathering the storm: inspiration, doubts, and beauty

Weathering the storm: inspiration, doubts, and beauty

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVE Weathering the storm: inspiration, doubts, and beauty Trinity Johnson [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Creativity. Where do artists find their creativity, their muse and inspiration?  Well,...
The art of hand papermaking: creating from and against nature

The art of hand papermaking: creating from and against nature

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY The art of hand papermaking: creating from and against nature Katarina Đošan [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. The art of creating paper by hand is known as hand papermaking, an art form with a long...
Creating in community: from local to global

Creating in community: from local to global

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY Creating in community: from local to global Charlotte Gullick, MFA, and Melinda Rothouse, PhD [Authors info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Across the globe, many individuals and organisations recognise an...
A new form of creativity

A new form of creativity

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EDITORIAL A new form of creativity Natalie Dekel and Gil Dekel [Author info] 14 February 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 2. Over the years, the practice of art has changed from traditional craftsmanship to ‘techmanship’ (integrating...
Creativity and consciousness beyond the mind

Creativity and consciousness beyond the mind

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EXPERT VOICES Creativity and consciousness beyond the mind Larry Dossey [Author info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. In this short essay, I will offer an alternative way of looking at human consciousness. While many...
On music composition: leading with feeling

On music composition: leading with feeling

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVE On music composition: leading with feeling Aradhana Mathews [Author info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. I have never been to a music school. I am not a music producer. I never officially studied music...
Creativity, awareness and agency for emergent paths in life

Creativity, awareness and agency for emergent paths in life

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAY Creativity, awareness and agency for emergent paths in life Juan Sebastián Gómez-García [Author info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. Abstract How can creativity foster openness and adaptability in a rapidly...
AI: from ancient times to present day

AI: from ancient times to present day

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration FEATURE AI: from ancient times to present day Gil Dekel and Ekaterina Pretsch [Authors info] 6 September 2023 – Vol 1, Issue 1. The desire to create intelligent machines is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history, people...
12.2 Space

12.2 Space

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   12.2 Space With a sense of appreciation of the environment, artists allow the observed reality with its beauty to form a part of the artist’s own...
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12.1 Place

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   12.1 Place Artists are inspired to create their work in places, such as nature, cities, galleries and people’s homes. However, artists seem to have a...
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12. Application

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   12. Application With the artistic ideas ready to be applied, the artist allows the external reality to affect the final shaping of the work, in a...
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11.2 Movement

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   11.2 Movement The need to express inner purity in art work sees the artists using vivid and transparent colours as a mean to create intense visible...
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11. Internalisation

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   11. Internalisation Following the process of acknowledging and producing the impression of words and images, the artist then moves to a process of...
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10.3 Acknowledging

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10.3 Acknowledging With heightened emotions and an urge to create comes a process of acknowledgement, where the artist makes an intuitive response to...
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10.2 Feeling

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10.2 Feeling Once artists open up to the inner voice, they seem to attach to it an emotion or a specific feeling, which makes the experience specific...
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10.1 Sensing

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10.1 Sensing Noticing that something exists, or sensing it, is an initial experience in the artistic process. Inner voice / listening / collective...
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10. Stimulation

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   10. Stimulation The artists that I have studied indicate that they begin the process of creating art with an urge to create. The initial experience of...
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9.2 Core themes (pt 2 of 2)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   9.2 Core themes (pt 2 of 2) While exploring the use of abstract shapes in the process of art making I noted that colours come next. Kandinsky (1972)...