Can Creativity Be Measured?


by Melina Cemanovic - Date: 2007-01-03 - Word Count: 482 Share This!

Can creativity be measured? No, I don't think that creativity can be measured. There are no set rules that state who is and who isn't creative. There is no standard of creativity in order to compare those who are creative to those who are not. Even if there was a standard, what would that be? I don't think there even could be a standard for measuring creativity because everyone is creative in their own way. Who's to say that one's poem, unique drawing, or clay sculpture was not made creatively?

However, I do believe that there are people who take more advantage of their ability to be creative. Everyone has a creative side; some people just don't really make an effort to express it. Everyone has their own ideas and ways of doing things. Some people's ideas and ways of doing things change over time because they might grow as a person, become wiser, or learn new ways of doing things.

For that reason, I believe that creativity can be learned, but there is neither standard nor limit to the endless ways that one can express his or her own creativity. Some people's creativity is more noticeable and liked by a large number of people, which is why they get recognition and credit for it. There are also people who are creative, but others just don't really connect to their style. Whether you get recognized for your work or not, you have the ability to expand your creativity and measure your own growth according to how much you, as an individual, learned and achieved over a certain amount of time.

Everyone is different, and one person can never be compared to another. One person's creativity, skill, and growth can never be compared to another's because that would never be a fair comparison. Each individual should be judged by their own personal growth from one point of their lives to another because each person starts off from a different state in their life. That state could be a very bad state where the person is going through so much, and once they recover, they have grew more than a person who started off from a good state. A person starting off from a good state has more strength and time to achieve something and doesn't grow as a person as much, whereas a person who has been through a lot has to overcome their difficulties, and as a result, they become wiser and grow more as a person.

In a nutshell, I don't believe that creativity can be measured because everyone is just different. We all have different experiences, and we are exposed to different things in life that might affect our creativity. Creativity is just one of those things that can never be measured because no one would ever be able to come up with a standard that will satisfy everyone's own personality, level, and genius.


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