"Ideas come from the outside and they come from
within" ~ Eric Carle (quoting a child who wrote to
him).
Eric Carle's ideas were about the bigger picture. The
Busy Spider was a story about work ethic....The Quiet
Cricket is story about growing up....sure they are
bugs - but there is more to the story.
How the artists get ideas that you decide to study is
more important than Torrence's theory (I am afraid I
never heard of him).
How artists get ideas needs to be discussed with each
culture - each artist. "Fluency, flexibility,
originality, and elaboration" doesn't work with some
of the cultures we studied.
Is this the Torrence study? Creating Creativity:
http://www.northwood.edu/abd/abdccpress.html
Lots of good quotes on the page. I don't see any
"famous" artists listed - I see real people. Book is
out of stock now at Amazon - the used price has to be
a typo. Check the Dow Center if interested. That is
all I could find that fits.
One TAB Choice list member has her students brainstorm
this topic - then they make a bulletin board of all
the ideas the KIDS generate to help them through the
year.
Judy Decker
--- <lava5000@excite.com> wrote:
>
> We are still working on our beginning art curriculum
> here in Las Vegas. In working on it we are
> including of course how artists get ideas, the
> creative process. We have information on Paul
> Torrence's theory of fluency, flexibility,
> originality, and elaboration. Which I believe is
> from the 70's. Is there any recent research or
> books on the creative process?
> Lauren McGreal
> Las Vegas, NV
