Hi Kirk,

As the Editor I am here to ensure that all on this site have all the necessary tools to promote themselves and their companies. As such please feel free to be as creative and imaginative as you wish. If you have any questions, queries or requirements please feel free to contact me.

Regards

The-Editor

Hi all,

I am the Editor. I am here to ensure that all on this site are behaving ‘Creatively’. So, point one, do not let my opening statement in anyway intimidate you! For the purpose of this site, ‘Creativity’ can be described as:

‘Creativity is a mental process involving the generation of new idea’s or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts. An alternative conception of creativity is that it is simply the act of making something new.

From a scientific point of view, the products of creative thought (sometimes referred to as divergent thought) are usually considered to have both originality and appropriateness.

Although intuitively a simple phenomenon, it is in fact quite complex. It has been studied from the perspectives of behavioural psychology, social psychology, psychometrics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy, history, economics, design research, business, and management, among others. The studies have covered everyday creativity, exceptional creativity and even artificial creativity. Unlike many phenomena in science, there is no single, authoritative perspective or definition of creativity. And unlike many phenomena in psychology, there is no standardized measurement technique.

Creativity has been attributed variously to divine intervention, cognitive processes, the social environment, personality traits, and chance ("accident", "serendipity"). It has been associated with genius, mental illness and humour. Some say it is a trait we are born with; others say it can be taught with the application of creativity techniques | simple techniques.

Although popularly associated with art and literature, it is also an essential part of innovation and invention and is important in professions such as business, economics, architecture, industrial design, science and engineering.

Despite, or perhaps because of, the ambiguity and multi-dimensional nature of creativity, entire industries have been spawned from the pursuit of creative ideas and the development of creativity techniques.’ [1]

Therefore, please feel free to be as creative and imaginative as you wish. The rules are few and simple. Respect your fellow users; be courteous and kind, abuse will not be tolerated at any time. No illegal acts, no need to spell out that one and finally be respectful, remember, this is a forum, valid input and free opinion is right of every Creativesonline site member.

Have fun and feel free to contact me on any site based issues.

THE EDITOR

[1]. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity