??? That is wildly off the mark. I’m a full on supporter of intrinsic motivation to create. I’ve defended art for the sake of expression repeatedly on this account, and I abhor when people play to the gallery. My confusion is with passive conviction of anthropomorphism rather than anthropomorphism arising only out of driven intent.
Someone seeing a banal object, devoid of story and history and just merely existing, and then succumbing to emotions over loose connections to human characteristics is what I don’t relate to.
Seeing creativity as “succumbing to emotions” sounds like you think its a bad thing that your parents told you not to do.
I mean I guess that’s sort of the point I’m stuck on. The situations I’m describing, such as in the post we’re on, are that which I cannot see as creative or active. They seem passive and overwhelming and able to genuinely convince someone of that which is clearly not there. They are of the imagination, yes, but they seem to rely on some form of unprompted and willful cognitive dissonance.
Like, I struggle with traditional writing, but I make miniature dioramas. It’s occasionally unprompted; I recently bought frozen shrimp and thought the lid was sorta window-shaped, so now I’m making it into a window seat for a 1:12 scale treehouse library diorama. I wasn’t planning the diorama first, the whole scene came to mind unbidden, and now I’m making it.
I feel like it’s the same thing as what you’re describing, but I don’t know if you see it as different or not.
??? That is wildly off the mark. I’m a full on supporter of intrinsic motivation to create. I’ve defended art for the sake of expression repeatedly on this account, and I abhor when people play to the gallery. My confusion is with passive conviction of anthropomorphism rather than anthropomorphism arising only out of driven intent.
It was this:
Seeing creativity as “succumbing to emotions” sounds like you think its a bad thing that your parents told you not to do.
I mean I guess that’s sort of the point I’m stuck on. The situations I’m describing, such as in the post we’re on, are that which I cannot see as creative or active. They seem passive and overwhelming and able to genuinely convince someone of that which is clearly not there. They are of the imagination, yes, but they seem to rely on some form of unprompted and willful cognitive dissonance.
Do you have unprompted creativity in other areas?
Like, I struggle with traditional writing, but I make miniature dioramas. It’s occasionally unprompted; I recently bought frozen shrimp and thought the lid was sorta window-shaped, so now I’m making it into a window seat for a 1:12 scale treehouse library diorama. I wasn’t planning the diorama first, the whole scene came to mind unbidden, and now I’m making it.
I feel like it’s the same thing as what you’re describing, but I don’t know if you see it as different or not.