lesson 1- novelty, creativity, innovation

" A man paints with his brains and not with his hands"
a very deep and meaningful statement given by Michelangelo Buonarroti.

NOVELTY:

Novelty is the quality of being new. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension. it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals.

It also refers to something novel, that which is striking, original or unusual. The term can have pejorative sense and refer to a mere innovation.

subjective novelty is the perception of something as being new by an individual or a group of people.

objective novelty is something that is new for the entire humanity in it's development throughout the ages.

originality is NOT a decisive feature for creativity, novelty in creativity is always based on what has been created before.

the old can become new again if it's preceded by something different.

CREATIVITY:

a generation of new ideas or a new way of doing things.

INNOVATION:

The term innovation means a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. A distinction is typically made between invention, an idea made manifest, and innovation, ideas applied successfully. In many fields, something new must be substantially different to be innovative, not an insignificant change, e.g., in the arts, economics, business and government policy.

INVENTION:

Invention is an evolutionary act which leads to an outcome that is outside of the norm; norm meaning what is known, thus yielding, creation. -David O'Neill Barnes

The meaning of invention is the creation of a new configuration, composition of matter, device, or process. Some inventions are based on pre-existing models or ideas. Other inventions are radical breakthroughs which may extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience.

[references: lecture notes, wikipedia]