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Creativity needs a provocation

Someone I know had posted recently that creativity requires you to swear. This is something I dont believe in.

Yes, creativity needs a provocation - that provocation doesnt have to be negative. It doesnt have to a jibe or a sarcastic comment or a personal insult.

The same thing can be achieved by tremendous motivation, empathetic questioning and enabling the 'creator' to think better.

Fear is not a motivator of creativity. Sure fear is a motivator. As is adversity. But you can achieve the same thing via passion and constraints. And yes, keep those insults away.

Think Olympic athletes. Think tough love. But swearing? And insulting people around you to achieve better creativity?

Well, its is a theory I dont buy.

Though I admit it has its takers since many great creative artists have had a nasty temper, a strong tendency to use cusswords and throw personal insults.

And many wannabes have assumed that having a nasty temper, use of cusswords and insults are the gateway to creativity.

Well, keep trying, you arent getting anywhere with that...
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