Chatterbox #206 – Creativity
Episode description
Everyone is creative to some degree, but what makes some people more creative than others? This question has fascinated artists and thinkers for centuries. In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Morag add their own two cents.
Fun fact
Not everyone thinks creativity is important. In fact, Plato didn’t even believe in it! He proposed that artists didn’t create things, but rather that they discovered them.
Expressions included in the study guide
- Expertise
- To make it [one’s] own
- Totally
- Succinct
- To hone
- Out of thin air
- Innate
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Chatterbox #206 – Creativity
Episode description
Everyone is creative to some degree, but what makes some people more creative than others? This question has fascinated artists and thinkers for centuries. In this episode of Chatterbox, Andrew and Morag add their own two cents.Fun fact
Not everyone thinks creativity is important. In fact, Plato didn’t even believe in it! He proposed that artists didn’t create things, but rather that they discovered them.Expressions included in the study guide
- Expertise
- To make it [one’s] own
- Totally
- Succinct
- To hone
- Out of thin air
- Innate
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Sign inHosts: Andrew Bates and Morag St. Clair
Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free, Step
On by Jahzzar
Episode preparation/research: Andrew Bates
Audio editor: Andrew Bates
Transcriptionist: Heather Bates
Study guide writer: Matty Warnock
English editor: Stephanie MacLean
Operations: Tsuyoshi Kaneshima
Image: Kevin Jarrett (Unsplash.com)
Matthew Jervis audio clip: https://youtu.be/hitDBT7COP0?t=29
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