COVID-19: The Nobel Prize―What is Your Definition of Creativity?

"Creativity is combining facts no one else has connected before." —Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

What is Your Definition of Creativity?

Here are some definitions of creativity.

Creativity is the ability to connect the dots through visualization to create something unique and different for the benefit of society.

Creativity is the ability to create unexpected solutions for expected problems. It is creating something unique that nobody has thought of it so far. It is the ability to convert raw material into finished goods.

Creativity is the ability to convert information into knowledge to create unique that no one else has thought about it before. It is the ability to integrate the existing knowledge and synthesizing to create something unique no one else has thought about it before.

COVID-19 is an Opportunity to be Creative

"For a writer, the best way to speak is by writing. You will find everything I need to say in my works. Speech is carried off by the wind; the written word can never be obliterated." —Mo Yan, Chinese Literature Laureate

COVID-19 has brought innumerable opportunities such as connecting with friends and families through technology and telephone. People started understanding and analyzing themselves currently as they were busy with the rat race in the past. Now there is enough time to introspect and bring out the desired improvements in attitude, personality, and behavior. Some leaders have isolated themselves and imposed self-quarantine in the wake of COVID-19. There are people who self-isolated and achieved amazing success. Some eminent personalities including William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton, Giovanni Boccaccio, Edward Munch, and Thomas Nashe leveraged their self-isolation and produced the best works in the world. Taking a leaf from them, you can also leverage the current lockdown by unlocking your creativity and producing the best works in the world.

COVID-19: Humans Search for Humanity

“To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school…it is to solve some of the problems of life not only theoretically, but practically.” —Henry David Thoreau

I have become more creative, imaginative, and productive in my intellectual pursuits during the global lockdown. I analyzed myself to understand why I have become more creative? It is due to my self-isolation. Those who are infected with the virus went into quarantine. But I intentionally went into self-isolation and started writing a book on coronavirus in the first week of April 2020 during the lockdown. I completed it in less than two months which is a record in my lifetime. Usually, I take a minimum of three months to author a book if I am unemployed. Thanks to my self-isolation, I was deeply immersed during the global lockdown and authored the book tentatively titled, ‘COVID-19: Humans Search for Humanity’. Before proofreading the COVID-19 book, I thought it would be an average book. But after the first proofreading of the entire book, I found it above average in content and presentation. I am very much excited about my output. When I proofread this book a few more times, it will be one of the finest books in my lifetime.

Conclusion

The message is simple and clear. When you want to be creative, isolate yourself, immerse deeply into your work, avoid distractions especially arising from technology, and above all, be passionate about your work. You get the best output at the end.

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of a writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.” ―Laurence Clark Powell

References

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https://www.nobelprize.org/     

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