The creative process of contraction and expansion

The creative process of contraction and expansion

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration PERSPECTIVES The creative process of contraction and expansion Natalie Dekel and Gil Dekel [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. The Universe operates on a rhythm, a pattern. This pattern often involves a cycle...
Conceptual Blends as Spaces for creativity

Conceptual Blends as Spaces for creativity

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration RESEARCH Conceptual Blends as Spaces for creativity Javier Mármol Queraltó [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. How does creativity work in our minds? In this article, I will explain how our minds creatively...
The creative partnership: Kabbalah’s guide for inspiration

The creative partnership: Kabbalah’s guide for inspiration

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration ESSAYS The creative partnership: Kabbalah’s guide for inspiration Gil Dekel [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. Every so often, I meet people who feel as if there is something ‘beyond’; as if there is a...
Human creativity vs AI creativity [Infographic]

Human creativity vs AI creativity [Infographic]

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration FEATURE Human creativity vs AI creativity [Infographic] Mark Runco (text) and Gil Dekel (text and graphics) [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. While AI can generate outputs that might be perceived as...
Mastering Creativity

Mastering Creativity

Journal of Creativity and Inspiration EDITORIAL Mastering creativity Natalie Dekel and Gil Dekel [Authors’ info] 5 July 2024 – Vol 2, Issue 3. Creativity drives innovation and offers new perspectives on the world around us. But, how do you find your...
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...
12.2 Space

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...
12.2 Space

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...