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Creativity and Imagination: One author’s perspective

Lynne Baab • Friday July 17 2020

I’m thinking about an article I might write. I use my imagination to ponder quite a few things: the needs of the reader, the way I might structure my article, the stories I might tell, the main point I might get to at the end, and the way I could open to article to hint at the main point and draw the reader in. However, I never write the article. I have used my imagination, but I have not been creative. Creativity only occurs when we bring our imagination into the light for others to see.

That’s the approach to the relationship...

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Creativity and imagination

Lynne Baab • Friday July 10 2020

Before I give you my thoughts on this subject, I want to ask you to ponder some questions:

Are creativity and imagination the same? Different? Overlapping a little? Overlapping a lot? Does creativity fuel imagination? Or does imagination fuel creativity? Or both? I’m asking those questions because I’m pondering them. Those two words are often used with similar or overlapping meanings. In my mind, they are not the same thing, but I’m still working on figuring out exactly how I think they differ. I want to give some examples that I have thought about as I have tried to answer my questions above. You...

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Creativity and the body

Lynne Baab • Wednesday July 1 2020

I’m thinking about friends who have been doing a lot of crocheting and knitting during the pandemic. I’m thinking of their hands rhythmically moving the knitting needles or crochet hook, threading yarn through their fingers.

I’m thinking of friends who have been baking bread in these strange days. I picture them moving around their kitchens, from fridge to sink to countertop to oven, using their hands and their feet as they gather ingredients, knead and shape their loaves.

I’m thinking of a friend who is a poet. I’ve never asked her whether she writes her poems on a piece of paper with a...

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Creativity though hidden art

Lynne Baab • Wednesday June 24 2020

Today, I want to describe a book that changed my life in the area of creativity — a book that I don’t recommend reading. I wonder if I’m not recommending it because it’s old, a bit outdated, and perhaps too perfectionistic. Or, maybe I’m not recommending it because of a run-in I had with the author that perfectly illustrates some of the issues of creativity in the home.

Hidden Art by Edith Schaeffer was published the same year that I met Mrs. Schaeffer (I was 19), although I read it a year or two later. It was the first book I encountered that discussed the...

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