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PERSONAL QUALITIES OF A CREATIVE PERSONALITY

Introduction

“A child who has experienced the joy of creativity, even to the smallest degree, becomes different from a child who imitates the acts of others.”

B. Asafiev

In everyday life, we talk about raising children, meaning the influence on them of parents, relatives, teachers and other adults. If these influences turn out to be ineffective, then they begin to look for the culprits: bad comrades, “harmful” movies and television shows, unqualified teachers. They often talk about bad heredity. And all this is quite fair.

A child, when born, has certain inclinations and predispositions. Moreover for a long time many scientists argued that both always have plus signs and it depends only on upbringing whether they develop or not. Science has now given us ample reason to be considerably less optimistic. Quite convincing data have been obtained that, for example, some people are born predisposed to drug addiction, alcoholism, and even the opposite behavior. Another thing is that such a predisposition is not fatal. Whether a person, for example, becomes a drug addict or not depends on how his life turns out, starting from infancy.

This also depends on upbringing, that is, targeted influence on a child, teenager, young man. But to a large extent, what kind of person will become, what inclinations and inclinations will develop, and what will not, what personal qualities what he acquires depends on the numerous circumstances of his life. It depends on what kind of people he will meet on his way and how his relationships with them will develop. It depends on what geographical, natural, social environment it will grow in, how it will interact with it. It depends on how actively the person himself will strive to build his interaction with the outside world and relationships with people. That is, it depends on how his development will proceed - physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, social.

Creativity in man
How does creativity develop in a person?

Outstanding teachers of the 20s and 30s invested a lot of talent, intelligence and energy in the development of pedagogical problems related to the creative development of the individual, primarily the personality of the child and adolescent: A.V. Lunacharsky, P.P. Blonsky, S.T. Shatsky, B.L. Yavorsky, B.V. Asafiev, N.Ya. Bryusova. Based on their experience, enriched by half a century of development of the science of teaching and raising children, the best teachers, led by the “elders” - V.N. Shatskaya, N.L. Grodzenskaya, M.A. Rumer, G.L. Roshal, N.I. Sats continued and continue to theoretically and practically develop the principle of creative development of children and youth.

Creativity gives birth to a living fantasy and a vivid imagination in a child. Creativity, by its nature, is based on the desire to do something that has never been done before, or to do something that existed before you in a new way, in your own way, better. In other words, the creative principle in a person is always a striving forward, for the better, for progress, for perfection and, of course, for beauty in the highest and broadest sense of this concept.

This is the kind of creativity that art cultivates in a person, and in this function it cannot be replaced by anything. In its amazing ability to evoke creative imagination in a person, it undoubtedly occupies first place among all the diverse elements that make up the complex system of human upbringing. And without creative imagination there is no way to move forward in any area of ​​human activity.

You can often hear the following words from parents and even from teachers: “Why is he spending expensive time to write poetry - he doesn’t have any poetic gift! Why does he draw - he won’t make an artist anyway! Why is he trying to compose some kind of music - it’s not music, but some kind of nonsense!..”

What a huge pedagogical misconception in all these words! It is imperative to support any desire for creativity in a child, no matter how naive and imperfect the results of these aspirations may be. Today he writes awkward melodies, unable to accompany them with even the simplest accompaniment; composes poetry in which clumsy rhymes correspond to clumsy rhythms and meter; draws pictures depicting some fantastic creatures without arms and with one leg...

Just don’t try to laugh at these manifestations of children’s creativity, no matter how funny they may seem to you. This would be the biggest pedagogical mistake you can make in this case. After all, behind all these naiveties, awkwardness and clumsiness lie the sincere and therefore truest creative aspirations of the child, the most genuine manifestations of his fragile feelings and not yet formed thoughts.

He may not become an artist, a musician, or a poet (although in early age this is very difficult to foresee), but perhaps he will become an excellent mathematician, doctor, teacher or worker, and then his childhood creative hobbies will make themselves felt in the most beneficial way, a good trace of which will remain his creative imagination, his desire to create something new , his best, forward-moving business, to which he decided to devote his life.

Russian scientists psychologists Medvedeva I.Ya. and Shilova T.L. As part of the “dramatic psycho-elevation” program, working with “difficult” children, they talk about various situations when parents and teachers, without considering the creative principles in the child’s personality, almost caused irreparable harm to the formation of his personality and character.

For example, Alyosha S., who, if he had been born into a family with different attitudes, would have been completely normal, healthy and most likely happy. As it was, his appearance was disfigured by frequent tics, he stuttered badly, and was afraid to open his mouth and raise his eyes. But when he nevertheless raised them, his ugly face was illuminated by some otherworldly light. His mother complained about his stupidity and inability to study, and in those cornflower blue eyes one could read shy inspiration and a lurking, living dream.

It quickly became clear that Alyosha’s daydreaming is the “root of evil.” The authoritarian father and his completely subordinate mother, with tenacity worthy of better use, pushed the boy onto a path alien to him, demanding from him the ability to work with his hands and an interest in the exact sciences. And he was a dreamer. He even answered the question “What do you love most?” in the questionnaire. Laconically answered: “Dream.”

It was very difficult for psychologists to convince his father, who worked at a construction site, and his mother, who grew up in a village, that the dreamy Alyosha, if supported as he is and helped to navigate correctly, could not only fully recover, but also become an outstanding person . Towards the end of the treatment cycle, when the boy’s face stopped twitching, the parents of the children who studied with Alyosha in the same group whispered in surprise: “Wow, what a handsome boy!”

Daydreaming is not a vice, not a harmful quality. And in pre-adolescence, adolescence and adolescence, this is the most important soul-building element.
A conversation about nurturing creativity in a person leads us to a very important and pressing problem in our conditions: the difference between a specialist-creator and a specialist-craftsman. This one is extremely important problem is closely connected with the problems of aesthetic education.

A true specialist-creator differs from an ordinary specialist-craftsman in that he strives to create something beyond what he is supposed to create “according to the instructions.” The craftsman is satisfied with the fact that he creates only what he is supposed to - “from here to here.” He never strives for more and for better and does not want to burden himself with such aspirations. He cannot be accused of bad work- after all, he does everything he should, and maybe even does it well. But such a generally formal attitude towards one’s work, no matter what area it may be, not only does not move life forward, but even serves as a brake, because in relation to life one cannot stand still: one can only either move forward, or fall behind.

The presence or absence of creativity in a person, a creative attitude towards his work, becomes the dividing line that passes between the specialist-creator and the specialist-craftsman.

This must be emphasized with all clarity, because sometimes one hears a more than strange opinion that there are “creative” professions and “non-creative” professions. The greatest misconception! And this misconception in practice often leads to the fact that a person engaged in supposedly uncreative work considers himself entitled to be uncreative about his work.

There is no such area, no such profession where it would be impossible to show creativity. And when they say that students are graduates secondary school it is necessary to focus on one profession or another, they forget about the main thing: that from the first grade of school it is necessary to instill in students the idea that there are no bad professions, just as there are no uncreative professions, that, working in any profession, each of them can open a new one, at least small world. But if he works in a craft, not creatively, then he won’t create anything worthwhile in the “creative” profession itself.

That's why the most important task aesthetic education in school - the development of creativity in students, no matter where it manifests itself - in mathematics or music, in physics or in sports, in social work or in patronage of first-graders. Creativity plays a huge role in the classroom itself. All good teachers know this. After all, where creative initiative appears, savings in effort and time are always achieved and at the same time the result increases. This is why it is not true for teachers who are reluctant to introduce elements of aesthetics and art into the subjects they teach, citing the fact that their own workload and the workload of their students is already too great. These teachers do not understand what a kind, generous and faithful helper they are giving up.

The concept of personality development

Personality most often defined as a person in the totality of his social, acquired qualities. This means that personal characteristics do not include such human characteristics that are genotypically or physiologically determined and do not in any way depend on life in society. Many definitions of personality emphasize that personal qualities do not include the psychological qualities of a person that characterize his cognitive processes or individual style of activity, with the exception of those that manifest themselves in relationships with people and in society. The concept of “personality” usually includes such properties that are more or less stable and indicate a person’s individuality, determining his actions that are significant for people.

Personality - this is a person taken in a system such as his psychological characteristics, which are socially conditioned, manifest themselves in social connections by nature and relationships are stable, determine the moral actions of a person that are of significant importance for himself and those around him.

The formation of a person’s personality is a consistent change and complication of the system of relationships to the surrounding world, nature, work, other people and to oneself. It happens throughout his life. Children and adolescence are especially important in this regard.

The development of man as an individual is carried out comprehensively and holistically in the unity of his physical and spiritual powers. Psychology and pedagogy claim that human personality is formed and develops in activity and communication. Leading personality traits develop as a result of external influence on the personality and its inner world.

Human development is a process of quantitative and qualitative change, the disappearance of the old and the emergence of the new, the source and driving forces which are hidden in the contradictory interaction of both natural and social aspects of personality.

The natural side of a person develops and changes throughout his life. These developments and changes are age-related. The source of social development of the individual is in the interaction between the individual and society.

The formation of personality is influenced by three factors: upbringing, social environment and hereditary inclinations.

Upbringing is considered by pedagogy as a leading factor, since it is specifically organized system influence on a growing person to transfer accumulated social experience.

Social environment is of primary importance in the development of the individual: the level of development of production and the nature of social relations determine the nature of the activities and worldview of people.

Makings of- special anatomical and physiological prerequisites for the ability to different types activities. The science of the laws of heredity - genetics - believes that people have hundreds of different inclinations - from absolute pitch, exceptional visual memory, lightning-fast reactions to rare mathematical and artistic talent.

But the inclinations themselves do not yet ensure abilities and high performance results. Only in the process of upbringing and training, social life and activity, assimilation of knowledge and skills are formed in a person on the basis of inclinations. capabilities. The inclinations can be realized only through the interaction of the organism with the surrounding social and natural environment.

“Whether an individual like Raphael will be able to develop his talent depends entirely on demand, which, in turn, depends on the division of labor and on the conditions for the enlightenment of people generated by it.” (Marx K., Engels F. “German Ideology”, op. 2nd)

Creativity presupposes that the individual has abilities, motives, knowledge and skills, thanks to which a product is created that is distinguished by novelty, originality, and uniqueness. The study of these personality traits has revealed an important role imagination, intuition, unconscious components of mental activity, as well as the individual’s needs for self-actualization, in revealing and expanding their creative capabilities. Creativity as a process was initially considered based on self-reports figures of art and science, where a special role was given to “illumination”, inspiration and similar states that replace the preliminary work of thought.

Prerequisites for genius
Every child has the makings of a genius. We are all members of one community called homo sapiens, and therefore have inherited genes that give us a unique human brain, we are born into certain circumstances that can stimulate or slow down the development process, with each birth of a child a potential genius is born...

As for individual talents, their diversity is so great, they are so independently inherited that, due to genetic recombination, each person is given some set of abilities, be it the most diverse types of auditory and visual sensitivity, auditory and visual memory, combinatorial abilities, linguistic, mathematical, artistic talents.

But what is genius?

If we recognize as geniuses only those who are almost unanimously recognized as such in the world, then total number over the entire existence of our civilization, there are unlikely to exceed 400 - 500. Approximately these figures are obtained from the selection of celebrities who are given maximum space in encyclopedias different countries Europe and the USA, if from the number of these celebrities we subtract those who were included in their number because of nobility or other random “merits”. But if the distinction between geniuses and talents remains controversial, then especially great difficulties are encountered in defining the very concept of “genius.”

According to Buffon, genius lies in an extraordinary measure of endurance. Wordsworth defined genius as the act of enriching the intellectual world with some new element. Goethe argued that the initial and final characteristic of genius is the love of truth and the desire for it. According to Schopenhauer, the essence of genius is the ability to see the general in the particular and a ceaselessly moving forward study of facts, a sense of what is truly important. According to Carlyle, genius is, first of all, an extraordinary ability to overcome difficulties. According to Roman i Cajal, this is the ability, during the maturation of an idea, to completely ignore everything that is not related to the problem raised, and the ability to concentrate, reaching the point of trance. According to V. Ostwald, this is independence of thinking, the ability to observe facts and extract from them correct conclusions. According to Lyukka: “If we evaluate productivity objectively, namely as the transformation of something existing into value, as the transformation of the temporary into the eternal, then genius is identical to the highest productivity, and genius is continuously productive, because creativity is its essence, namely the transformation of words into deeds.” .

The term " genius "is used both to denote a person’s ability to be creative and to evaluate the results of his activities, suggesting an innate ability for productive activity in a particular area; genius, unlike talent, is not just the highest degree of talent, but is associated with the creation of qualitative new creations.The activity of a genius is realized in a certain historical context of the life of human society, from which the genius draws material for his creativity.

Geniuses often take a long time to find the area in which they are most gifted. Moliere, a very mediocre playwright and dramatic artist, relatively late became the author of brilliant comedies and switched to comic roles. A good example of how a person gets to his true calling through trial and error is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The most educated, well-read, painfully proud, almost obsessed with justice, he has been writing operas for more than a decade - “The Gallant Muses”, “Narcissus”, “Prisoners of War”, “Letters on French Music”, and also writes poetry, and all this in a good professional manner. level (although, it seems, his operas were never staged either under him or posthumously). He took his failures in the musical field seriously, even tragically, and only when he was middle-aged did he finally write what would make his name immortal and his influence enormous. G.H. Andersen tries many false paths before becoming the greatest storyteller. Balzac writes mediocre dramas before coming to the "Human Comedy". A.N. Tolstoy, who has the gift of an unusually visible, plastic, most vivid description events, dreamed about deep psychological analysis subconscious, about the continuation of Dostoevsky’s line, evidence of which is “The Lame Master”.

But in all cases, genius is, first of all, an extreme tension of individually characteristic talents, it is the greatest, unceasing work, designed for centuries, despite the lack of recognition, indifference, contempt, poverty, which Rembrandt, Fulton, Beethoven, etc. tasted in abundance.

The decisive role of children and adolescents’ developmental conditions in determining value criteria, attitudes, aspirations and self-mobilization

a) the importance of childhood and adolescence

Bloom quantified the enormous importance of early childhood and childhood developmental conditions for future intelligence. According to his data, optimization of the conditions for intellectual development at the age of up to 4 years increases the future intelligence quotient, IQ, by 10 units, optimization at the age of 4 - 9 years by 6 units, at the age of 8 - 12 years by 4 units. Accordingly, neglect intellectual development child, especially under the age of 4 years, sharply worsens future intelligence. It is at this early childhood age that constant communication with an affectionate mother lays the foundations of sociality, contact, and kindness. Well-groomed, well-nourished children, but deprived of affection, tenderness, and attention at this critical age, if they do not fall ill with the “abandoned” syndrome, then they grow up to be ruthless egoists, incapable of social contacts.

Psychoanalysis, biology and genetics now converge in the understanding that Creative skills of an individual depend on the conditions in which he spent his first years of life. The chances presented or taken away at this time determine his subsequent educational ability.

Biographies of great people contain many direct and indirect references to decisive role selectively perceived childhood and adolescent impressions. Strange, unexpected questions young children, who have not yet been overwhelmed by their always busy parents and teachers, when thought through, show that children are not only talented linguists, but also the most annoying whys, experimenters, oriented towards creativity. But by the time they have normally mastered science and accumulated skills, their curiosity, as a rule, disappears. Partly because their aspirations for knowledge and skill are frustrated not only by the busyness of adults, but also by their own inevitable mediocrity in most of the activities in which they are involved by the Brownian movement of the natural need for self-expression. A child who begins to hum in the absence of musicality, draws in the absence of color talent, clumsily runs races or dances, argues with a much more linguistic teaser, has poor learning skills foreign language, acquires an inferiority complex that will prevent him from discovering his extraordinary mathematical, design, poetic or any other talent.

Meanwhile, natural selection, creating humanity, worked tirelessly to develop the “exploratory instinct”, curiosity, inquisitiveness, impressionability and learning ability precisely in childhood and adolescence, just as it works to develop and preserve the memory of this cognitive period among old people, the former main transmitters of the social succession of the relay from one generation to another (at least until the period of literacy). But either a certain flexibility or perseverance is required in order to retain in oneself those traits with which creative abilities are associated. We can call them the research instinct, curiosity, inquisitiveness, but these phenomena are highly age-related.

Learning ability, as a typical age-related phenomenon, the unusually rapid growth of knowledge in childhood and adolescence is created by the tremendous forces of natural selection. About what amazing abilities he has Small child, is well known.

Unfortunately, the early childhood, childhood and teenage periods in the biographies of geniuses for the most part remain poorly illuminated, simply unknown. But where this period is covered, it almost invariably turns out that this particular age passed in conditions extremely favorable for the development of a given genius. Moreover, we're talking about in much. more about the intellectual than about the economic situation. The social continuity superimposed on undoubted hereditary genius can rarely be traced. But in absolutely all cases where the childhood, adolescence and youth of a genius are known, it turns out that in one way or another he was surrounded by an environment that was optimally conducive to the development of his genius, partly because the genius nevertheless managed to choose, find, create it.

The unusually talented, businesslike, knowledgeable and efficient V. Suvorov, seeing that his son is small and frail, decides that military service is not suitable for him. But with his table stories, he so inspired his son with a love of military affairs that he begins to absorb all the books about the war from his father’s large library. Hannibal, who accidentally spoke to him, is convinced of such deep knowledge of the boy that he persuades his father to give his son the opportunity to become a military man, despite the already missed 13 years of fictitious “internship”. Fortunately, in this case we know for sure that we owe to Hannibal to some extent the appearance of not only A.S. Pushkin, but also another genius - A.V. Suvorov. But how many such circumstances are hidden from us? Since the vast majority of people spend their childhood in conditions that are not optimal for the development of individual talents, humanity thereby loses a huge number of potential geniuses, but who have not developed due to the discrepancy between the social environment and their talents.

But if the optimum has been created, if upbringing, self-education or an inner call led in adolescence or young adulthood not only to the maximum development of individual talent, but also to the value criteria corresponding to it, then a monstrous barrier of impossibility of realization arises.

A number of researchers have found that the firstborn achieves significantly more than subsequent children, partly due to receiving more high education, more attention and “demand” from parents, greater feeling their responsibility. But the firstborn does not have any genetic advantages over his brothers; it’s all a matter of educational and environmental factors.

It is obvious that there are gigantic reserve capabilities of the “normal” human brain, which need development, volitional stimulation and opportunities to create very talented and even brilliant things. Countless examples show that no matter how often potential geniuses are born (and this frequency, according to the laws of population genetics, should be approximately the same at all times and in all nations, because natural selection for high intelligence has long ceased), their development and implementation will be to a large extent determined by social factors.

b) to the genetics of intelligence

To what extent is the tested intellectual genotype inherited under relatively close, similar developmental conditions?

In his studies, Cavalli-Sforza supposedly accepted that the excess above the average level of intelligence is 50% due to the environment, 50% to heredity; This is probably close to the truth for large populations, but in individual cases one factor may account for up to 100% and another up to 0.

Is it possible to massively recreate the conditions of education that Beethoven, Mozart, Goethe, Bacon, Pushkin had for hundreds of thousands, millions of children? Technically this is possible, but obviously ineffective, because Pushkin in Mozart’s conditions will not become a great poet, and Mozart in Pushkin’s conditions will not become a great composer. Technically, by the age of ten, it is possible to fully identify the spectrum of a teenager’s abilities. But by this time, the stage of formation of passion, the stage of formation of value criteria, the formation of conscience, humanity, without which talents, even outstanding ones, can become exploiters and stranglers of other people's talents, especially larger ones, will be missed. It is precisely by recognizing that the conditions of upbringing and education in childhood and adolescence are of decisive importance for development, that the realization of genius requires “demand”, a social order for genius of this particular type, that, by studying the problem, one can clearly see the role of genetics.

Genius is a disease?

It is considered reliably established that in leveled, generally favorable conditions of development, very great importance acquire hereditary differences in talent. In this regard, a pattern of increased mental activity in gout patients has been identified.

The answer to the increased incidence of gout among geniuses was found in 1955 in the remarkable work of Oruan, who showed that uric acid is structurally very similar to caffeine and theobromine, known stimulants of mental activity. Oruan also pointed out that uric acid in all pre-primate animals is broken down by uricase into allantoin, but in primates, due to the absence of uricase, it remains in the blood, and it is with this, presumably, that new stage evolution, going under the sign of increased brain activity.

Since gout and hyperuricemia (increased levels of uric acid) are quite clearly inherited in a variety of metabolic disorders, a working hypothesis has arisen:

1. This metabolic disorder is one of many possible mechanisms for the emergence and transmission to offspring of that portion of increased intelligence that is hereditarily determined.

2. Moreover, gouty brain stimulation is one of those mechanisms that can increase its activity to the level of talent or genius. Then at least some cases of genius would be decipherable by natural science, and genius itself would turn from a subject of speculative reasoning into an object of scientific research.

There is a number of unusually strong evidence that a very significant proportion of the largest figures in history and culture actually suffered from gout. Scientists also drew attention to the fact that conspicuous high-brow and even giant-brow are unusually common among geniuses. Biologists need only recall the portraits of Mendel, Morgan, Crick and Watson.

When considering the factors of increased mental activity, of course, one must clearly understand that the presence of any of them, separately or in pairs, does not at all guarantee high mental activity. It is quite obvious that any of them can be completely suppressed by a variety of negative hereditary, biological, biosocial and social factors.

If the first gout recorded in history was the Jewish king, the wise Aza, a descendant of Solomon, then Heron of Syracuse in the 5th century BC already knew about the connection between joint disease with bladder stones, i.e. O urolithiasis in gout. A mass of urates was discovered in the big toe of the skeleton of an elderly man buried in Upper Egypt. Most ancient find is a uric acid kidney stone in a 7,000-year-old Egyptian mummy

The Roman poet Lucian suffered from gout and died from it, describing the agony of gout in his poems. Stakelei believed that many Greek leaders who participated in the Trojan War suffered from gout, including Priam, Achilles, Oedipus, Protesilaus, Ulysses, Bellerophon, Plestenus, Philoctetes, while Tyranion Grammaticus died of gout.

By this time, attention had already been paid to the unusually high intelligence of many gouty people. These observations were confirmed by medieval authors, publicists and modern doctors. In 1927, G. Ellis gave a clear definition of the characteristics of gouty geniuses, noting their exceptional determination, energy, inexhaustible perseverance and efficiency, perseverance overcoming any obstacles.

Those who suffered from gout were:

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 - 12 BC). Marcus Agrippa's gout has been reliably established. Moreover, it is known that he suffered three severe gouty attacks and committed suicide at the beginning of the fourth attack, not wanting to endure the incredible torment any further.

Pope Gregory the Great (540 - 604). He was an ascetic, a man of unusually strong will, an outstanding administrator and writer. He suffered from severe gout, so widespread that his swollen hands could not handle a pen, and he had to tie the pen to his hand in order to write, or to dictate his vast classical works.

Michelangelo (1475 - 1564). Almost all of his biographers mention his kidney stone disease, and R. Rolland mentions gout along the way. He combined incredible, relentless work ethic with almost limitless versatility.

Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506). In Spanish literature about Columbus there are frequent references to the fact that he suffered from gout, and in English books they talk vaguely about either gout or rheumatism.

Boris Godunov (1551 - 1606). Boris Godunov was broken not by remorse, but by severe gout. Graham mentions the gout of Boris Godunov Grunwald: “In 1598 he gained weight, his hair turned grey, attacks of gout made walking a pain for him.” “It is known that even earlier he had to accompany his sister to the cemetery not on foot, according to custom, but on a sleigh because of gout.”

John Milton (1608 - 1674). . Milton went blind, but he said that blindness tormented him less than gout. Black's work is devoted to Milton's gout, which also mentions that the disease apparently began in 1664 - 1666, that his fingers were gouty and covered with tophi, that Milton led an extremely moderate lifestyle.

Peter I (1672 - 1725). Portraits of Peter I and his gigantic stature are well known, but not everyone understands the significance of his huge, constantly bulging eyes, his fast, overflowing speech, incredible mobility, mental and physical. It was not possible to find direct evidence of Peter I’s gout, but his gout, judging by the presence of kidney stones, 20 years of “rheumatism” and other signs, is extremely likely.

If, after all that has been said, we look at the past, then we can notice a far from constant, but still a clear pattern: during periods of relative peace, uniform, smooth development, gout, of course, also exists, but somehow it is not particularly noticeable, not very noticeable. All destinies are clearly predetermined by social, class, caste frameworks.

But a crisis arises, be it the formation or collapse of an ethnos, revolution, conquest, revival, reformation or counter-reformation, the formation or liberation of a nation, the emergence of new sciences, new art - and gout is in the forefront, with a frequency tens and even hundreds of times higher their frequency among the population.

The legendary, heroic period of Greece - among the first gouty heroes are Priam, Achilles, Ulysses, Bellerophon, Oedipus. The struggle between Carthage and Greece for the Sicilian Greeks is led by the gouty Hiero of Syracuse.

The formation of the Macedonian kingdom and the conquest of the great Persian empire: headed by the likely gouty Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great, who fell ill with gout very early.

Rome has the best generals, the “emperors” are almost all gouty. The crisis of the Roman Republic and the formation of an empire. Among the 5 - 6 major figures is the forgotten but great Marcus Agrippa. The formation of the Roman Catholic Church - led by the gouty Gregory the Great. The creation of the Frankish empire was led by the gouty Charlemagne.

The crisis of the empire of the Ottoman Turks, named after the founder of the gouty dynasty Osman, whose work was continued by the gouty or its transmitters Orhal Bey, Bayezid I, Mohammed I, Murad II, Mohammed II the Conqueror, Bayezid II, Murad IV. The invasion of the Turks is stopped by the gouty hyperuricemic Janos Hunyadi, the gouty Matthew Corvinus, the gouty Emperor Charles and the gouty King Jan Sobieski.

Renaissance crisis. Among the leaders are the gouty Cosimo and Lorenzo de Medici, Michelangelo. The age of great geographical discoveries is led by the gouty Columbus.

The crisis of humanism, reformation and counter-reformation: among the leaders of the gout are Thomas More, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Martin Luther, the Saxon elector Frederick III the Wise who sheltered him, who renounced the imperial crown, I. Calvin, Charles V, Philip II, the gout of Giza, Henry IV, Henry VII , Henry VIII Tudors, Cardinal Wolsey, Burleigh, Alexander Farnese.

The crisis of the Thirty Years' War: the top ten gouty figures include Wallenstein, Generalissimo Thorstenson, Condé the Great, Mazarin. The revolution in England is led by gouty Cromwell, the crisis of offensive wars is led by gouty Louis XIV, gouty Colbert, Condé the Great, Turenne, Maurice, Marshal of Saxony, William III of Orange, John Churchill-Marlborough.

The crisis of the Great Northern War, Russia's entry into the ranks of the great powers, the elimination of Sweden from them - the main characters are gouty Peter I, Charles XII, Augustus the Strong.

The crisis of the formation of Prussia: the gouty “Great Elector”, his gouty grandson King Frederick William, gouty great-grandsons Frederick I and Henry of Prussia.

The crisis of the struggle between France and England for dominance in the East Indies and North America. On the English side are the victorious gouty Pitt the Elder and Clive.

The crisis of the American colonies secession from England. Among the 4-6 leading personalities are the gouty Pitt the Elder and B. Franklin.

The great long-term crisis of the formation of independent united nations. It is led in France by the gouty Louis XI, in England by the gouty Tudors and Elizabeth with their gouty ministers Burley and his son, in Russia by the gouty Ivan III, Boris Godunov, Peter I.

The universal monarchy of the Habsburgs collapses on the national idea; in Holland, the idea is embodied by William of Orange, apparently not the gouty ancestor of a dozen gouty geniuses. Among the predecessors of the idea of ​​equality, fraternity and freedom in France are the gout d'Alembert and B. Franklin.

The crisis of the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. The gout of Napoleon I is very doubtful, but his most outstanding Marshal Berthier is an indisputable gouty, as is his main, most stubborn opponent Pitt the Younger, the organizer of ever new anti-Napoleonic coalitions, sparing no expense either on subsidies to the continental powers or on the creation of an omnipresent, powerful military fleet.

The rise of great colonial England. There is a succession of energetic, extraordinarily talented, knowledgeable, enterprising gouty prime ministers from R. Walpole and both Pitts to Canning, Derby, Palmerston, Disraeli. The crisis of German unification, wars with Denmark, Austria, France. Among the main figures of the gout were Bismarck and Wilhelm I.

The crisis of the emergence of natural science, mathematics, physics and chemistry. Among the major figures of gout are Galileo, F. Bacon, Leibniz, Newton, Harvey, Jacob and Johann Bernoulli, Boyle, Wollaston, Berzelius, Darwin. The era of internal combustion engines is led by gouty Diesel.

Among the greatest philosophers are the gouty Montaigne, Malebranche, Kant, and Schopenhauer. Among greatest artists, sculptors, composers, poets, writers gout Milton, Goethe, Pushkin, Tyutchev, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Rubens, Renoir, Beethoven, Maupassant, Turgenev, Blok.

One could name two dozen more crises and at least two hundred non-gouty geniuses. But it is impossible to embrace everything, and there is a fatal incompleteness of pathographies. Which biographer was interested in what exactly the figure described was ill with?

But right after the gouty “geniuses” there is a long line of giant-headed (starting with Pericles and not ending with Burns), giant-headed (Marx, Engels, Lenin), and very high-browed “geniuses”. They are followed by a long line of hypomanic-depressive geniuses and a small group of gouty-manic-depressive “geniuses.” The group of talented geniuses with hyperadrenaline Marfan syndrome is still small, but will expand, but it has already included such significant and diverse figures as Abraham Lincoln, G.H. Andersen, K.I. Chukovsky, ichthyologist G. Nikolsky, V. Kuchelbecker.

But the genius of Joan of Arc perhaps points to the powerful stimulating effect of the male sex hormone, which is not bound by target organs (hereditary testicular feminization syndrome).

Of course, the point is not at all that these geniuses, talents, and only they, carry out the tasks of society. Society dominates, but the tasks set by it are disproportionately often carried out by those who both society and internal features given the opportunity to develop and realize their “genius” by solving a super task that was set or arisen before them. And if the lists are full of nobles, it is only because they have usurped and monopolized both the opportunities for developing their talent and the possibilities for its implementation. Countless, however, are those who, having these opportunities, did not use them. But what has been done clearly shows the gigantic reserve capabilities of the mind, which are not used due to the unsatisfactory state of society, its inconsistency with the needs of the era, the inability to set the initial stimulation, to optimize the development and implementation of talent.

It is not difficult to see that in any area, gout is not only the first of the first, but its frequency is tens of times higher than the frequency of gout among the elderly, elderly and old population, even living in conditions of food and alcohol abundance. The extraordinary variety of fields in which gout has occupied a leading place is a magnificent proof of the enormous role that purposeful mobilization and activation of the intellect plays in great achievements.

There are other patterns of hereditary genetic abnormalities and the emergence of genius individuals.

Marfan syndrome, a special form of disproportionate gigantism, the result of a systemic defect of connective tissue; is inherited dominantly, that is, along a vertical line, but with very variable manifestations. Historical figures: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), Charles de Gaulle (1890 - 1970), K.I. Chukovsky (1882 - 1969).

Morris syndrome, Joan of Arc, androgens. Pseudohermaphroditism should have given rise to severe mental trauma, but the emotional stability of these patients, their love of life, varied activity, energy, physical and mental, are simply amazing. For example, in terms of physical strength, speed, and agility, they are so superior to physiologically normal girls and women that girls and women with Morris syndrome are subject to exclusion from women's sports.

Although the syndrome is rare, it is found in almost 1% of outstanding female athletes, i.e. 600 times more often than would be expected if it did not stimulate exceptional physical and mental development. Prokop names a dozen wonderful sports “amazons” with this syndrome.

Joan of Arc (1412 - 1432) was tall, strongly built, exceptionally strong, but slender and with a thin feminine waist, her face was also very beautiful. Her overall physique had somewhat masculine proportions. She was very fond of physical and military exercises, very willingly wore men's clothing. She never menstruated, which allows us, based on a combination of other features, after five and a half centuries, to confidently diagnose Joan of Arc with testicular feminization - Morris syndrome.

Paradoxically, it is precisely outstanding women who often have a clearly defined masculine characterology. Such are Elizabeth I Tudor, Christiana of Sweden, daughter of Sultan Adolf, Aurora Dudevant (George Sand), German poetess Annette Droste-Gulshoff, the once famous theosophist Blavatsky and many others.

Hypomanic. The disease of manic-depressive psychosis is usually diagnosed clinically at the height of an attack of mania or depression, in the first case by chaotic racing thoughts and meaningless but energetic actions, in the second case by an unusually depressed, hopeless mood. But the symptoms do not always, and far from all patients, reach a clearly pathological, psychotic level; the anomaly can be reduced to periodic sharp rises and sharp declines in mood. Characteristic is the preservation of full consciousness, without any special disturbances in thinking. To a first approximation, we can say that it is not thinking that suffers, but tone.

Brain, justifying the idea of ​​a connection between genius and psychosis or psychopathy, gives a long, albeit incomplete, list of English authors who suffered from cyclothymia, schizophrenia, obsession, psychopathy, alcoholism or drug addiction. These are Beddes, Vlek, Bothwell, Banian, Burns, Byron, Chatterton, Clare, Coleridge, Colpins, Cooper, Crabbe, De Quincey, Dickens, D. Donne, Gray, Johnson, Lamb, Rossetti, Ruskin, Shelley, Smart, Swift, Swinburne, Tennyson, F. Thompson. As proof that English authors are no exception, he names Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Goethe, Gogol, Hölderlin, Nietzsche, Poe, Rimbaud, Rousseau, Strindberg, Swedenborg and Verlaine.

With regard to psychopaths, syphilitics, alcoholics and drug addicts, we note that talent and genius do not necessarily protect against these diseases. But didn’t alcoholics, drug addicts, and psychopaths become creators not because of their addictions, but in spite of them?

Conclusion

In the formation of personality as a sociobiological phenomenon, society and microsociety come first, which is demonstrated by a sharp fluctuation in the frequency of the appearance of outstanding figures and geniuses.

Apparently, the “normal”, “average” human brain, in the absence of external inhibitors in relation to it and with chronic exposure to any of the four internal dopings, turns out to be potentially capable of unusually high productivity, close to genius. Specifying the factors that inhibit or stimulate development and implementation is primarily the job of sociologists and educators, but studying the biographies of outstanding figures, both those who have realized themselves and those who have not, can be very helpful in this regard.

But it’s probably not so important that a country, a nation, has a huge number of brilliant, outstanding people. For a nation to be prosperous, its citizens must be healthy and rationally developed. Psychological situation in every family, in a kindergarten group, in a classroom high school develops into a moral, psychologically healthy atmosphere throughout the country. That's why individual approach to every child creative development his personality, nurturing the best of his qualities, carries overriding character for all of us. To what extent we listen to our child, brother, sister today, to what extent we can provide fertile soil for the development of his personal qualities, this is the future we and our children will have to live in.

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This article is proposed as one of the topics for discussion at the next Skype conference KEYS OF TRUTH, which will take place on June 21, 2013 at 18.00 Moscow time:

Qualities of a creative personality

One of the sides pedagogical activity is to teach the student not only to “learn”, but also at the learning stage to overcome himself, his laziness, his inertia. To do this, it is necessary to educate him in his own right. Human highly moral, enlightened and creative personality so that she is ready to make decisions herself and be able to defend them not only to herself, but also to society, especially with the resistance of society or the entire system, which are always more inert than a creative person. We must always begin with the education of Humanity in order to guide a person through evolutionary jungle for more short term. N.V. Levashov believed that it is necessary to educate a harmonious, comprehensive person, then the process of enlightenment will proceed more intensively. It is no coincidence that our ancestors called their highest achievements - CREATIONS. Can only create CREATORHUMAN, MAXIMUM REALIZED MYSELF through ENLIGHTENMENT KNOWLEDGE And SELF REALIZED IN ACTION

By default it is already assumed that Human potentially this is creator.

But what qualities must have creative Human?

For example, G. Selye believes that the countless mental and physical qualities inherent in the scientist as such can be roughly classified into six major categories:

1. Enthusiasm and perseverance, i.e. interest, zeal, passion aimed at realizing the plan and the ability to pursue the goal for a long time and persistently. They include qualities such as dedication to a goal, resistance to failure and monotony, resilience to success, courage, health and energy.

2. Originality- the ability to look at things in a new way. And for this it is necessary to cultivate such qualities as independence of thought, open-mindedness - the willingness to reconsider prejudices in the face of evidence refuting them, imagination, intuition and talent.

3. Intelligence- ability to understand. It involves the development of such qualities as logic, memory, experience, the ability to concentrate, and abstraction.

4. Ethics- a system of techniques that control our behavior. It includes being honest with yourself.

5. Contact with nature- establishing a close connection with the phenomenon of Nature that our research is aimed at. For this, qualities such as observation, technical skills and ingenuity are important.

It should be added here - the ability to work with your hands yourself. Another assessment of observational results is the ability to reject all forms of blinding bias.

6. Contact with people: understanding of oneself and others, compatibility with others, ability to organize a group, persuade others and listen to their arguments.

There is another point of view, which can be presented as an approach to the technology of educating a creative personality, taking into account the six qualities set out in the Life Strategy of a Creative Personality.

1. Without a goal there can be no result, success. Hence, need higher(V. Vernadsky) or A worthy goal(G. Altshuller), socially useful, the achievement of which is worth spending a creative life on. To do this, a person must not only be educated, but also highly spiritual in the moral sense of the word.

2. But how, for example, can a student or any person choose the Highest or Worthy goal of life if he does not yet have life experience or the necessary knowledge?

Not every goal is suitable for this role, therefore, certain criteria and approach are needed, i.e. need target selection technology.

Hence the many possible ways achieving goals, in the implementation of which a person is able to reveal himself as a creative person. Here is an approximate diagram (Fig. 1):

Goal development scheme

3. Having chosen a goal, you need to know what was done in this direction by your predecessors, and know what is needed to achieve it now. We need a program to achieve the goal, many programs, depending on the complexity of the goal, i.e. we need a set of work programs to achieve the goal and regular monitoring of the implementation of these plans and their adjustment as necessary.

4. To fulfill the plans high performance required. Therefore already from school It is necessary to teach students to work systematically, to be able to set bold goals and strive to achieve them, overcoming difficulties.

5. On the way to achieving the goal, many problems and contradictions arise, the resolution of which requires a methodology, tool, technology for solving emerging problems, i.e. needed scientific methodology solving creative problems.

N.V. Levashov is his concept of the world order and the evolution of matter - a new worldview. The very concept of the evolution of matter predetermines the direction of its development, and therefore the methodology for solving specific tasks for Humanity.

6. An unconventionally solved problem or a task with an unexpected result by an already accomplished person is, as a rule, ambiguously perceived by colleagues, and finally, by society itself, for example, because the result can influence the worldview of society, contradict established paradigms for which colleagues received academic degrees. During this period of non-recognition, it is important to resist, take a hit systems. Therefore, from school it is necessary to cultivate fortitude and willpower, teach to defend one’s ideas, overcome failures and “take a blow”", understanding the significance of the problem being solved. Then there will be a result.

7. So that failures in studies (self-knowledge) do not discourage the student’s desire to learn, we need a positive current result that maintains the student’s interest, organized by the teacher's didactic techniques. So that already in adult life the former student could withstand the blow from society and the system, without turning defending his ideas into a fight against “windmills” at every stage of achieving the goal I need results,implementation, i.e. he needs success organized by himself.

You cannot stop at achieving the first goal - you need to either implement it, or go further along the paths noted above, up to changing the goal of life. The range of goals is quite wide. Stagnation is creative death.

A gifted person is like a bright star in the sky, requiring special attention. It is necessary to take care of him so that he turns into a beautiful, full of energy star. Creating conditions that stimulate the development of creative thinking is one of the most important goals when working with gifted children.

It remains for us, teachers, to discern, distinguish, and reveal the deep meaning of children's insight. And, illuminated by their light, consciously return this meaning to children in order to encourage and push them to further creative insights...

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Orlova Lilia Fedorovna,

senior teacher

MBDOU TsRR – kindergarten"Baby"

village Cheryomushki, Republic of Khakassia

Formation of the qualities of a creative personality

Human talent is

a small sprout, barely pro-

pecked from the ground and three-

attracting enormous attention

mania. It is necessary to groom and cherish, look after him, make

everything necessary for him to

grew and bore abundant fruit.

V.A. Sukhomlinsky

A gifted person is like a bright star in the sky, requiring special attention. It is necessary to take care of it so that it turns into a beautiful, full of energy star.

In most scientific concepts, giftedness and the prerequisites for its development are associated with the creative capabilities and abilities of the child, defined as creativity Creativity (from the English create - create, create) are the creative abilities of an individual, characterized by a readiness to accept and create fundamentally new ideas that deviate from traditional or accepted patterns of thinking and are included in the structure of giftedness as an independent factor, as well as the ability to solve problems. According to American psychologist Abraham Maslow, this is a creative orientation,innately characteristic of everyone,but lost by the majority under the influence of the existing system of upbringing, education and social practice.

At the household level creativity manifests itself as savvy - the ability to achieve goals, find a way out of various situations, using the environment, objects and circumstances in an unusual way. In a broad sense, it is an unconventional and ingenious solution to a problem. And, as a rule, with ordinary tools or resources, if the need is material.

Creativity can manifest itself in thinking, communication, and in certain types of activities.

One of the important directions in the development of creativity in preschool children is the formation of the qualities of a creative personality.This involves solving the following problems:

1. Formation of independence of thinking, i.e. the ability to find your own solution, original answers, openly express bold ideas and hypotheses, defending your own opinion.

2. Development of determination and perseverance when searching for problems, the desire to complete the work started.

3. Formation of accepting criticism without offense, from a positive position, expressing criticism of other people with a desire to help.

4. Development of the desire to sympathize and worry about people, animals, and plants.

5. Encouraging initiative, independence, and ingenuity in the child.

6. Developing the ability to maintain confidence in one’s abilities, despite temporary difficulties and failures.

Giftedness – a combination of three characteristics: above-average intellectual abilities, creativity and perseverance.

Thus, the necessary signs of giftedness necessarily includethe child’s intellectual development is above the average age level, since only this level provides the basis for creative productivity.

Only whenhigh creativity is combined with a high level of intelligence, there is good adaptation to the social environment, emotional balance, independence, high and prolonged creative activity.

As a rule, gifted children are interested in any field of science. They have many ideas and desires. The teacher’s task is to support them and help them realize themselves.

Creating conditions that stimulate the development of creative thinking is one of the most important goals when working with gifted children. According to the results of many studies, the development of children’s creativity occurs when organizing directly educational activities conditions favorable for creativity: the creation of situations of success, the incompleteness of the problems under consideration (what happened, what needs to be thought about, to get to the truth, to approach heuristic findings), the emergence of more and more complex questions, a great desire in search activity (to find answers!) , creating an atmosphere of understanding. In addition, it is necessary to constantly emphasize responsibility and independence, and to focus parents’ attention on the interests of their children. At the same time, it is advisable to pay attention to special training various aspects creative thinking: searching for problems, putting forward hypotheses of alternativeness and originality.

When working with gifted children, you need to use the following:conceptual provisions:stimulation of individual research interest, group creativity, involvement in productive creative activity.

How to teach? – learn to find unusual, non-standard solutions.

The range of creative tasks is unusually wide in complexity - from solving a puzzle to inventing new car. To solve these problems, you need observation, the ability to analyze, combine, etc. - all that together constitutes creative abilities. It is easier for a person with a creative mind to find a creative twist in a business and achieve high results. But nature is not generous with talents, they, like diamonds, are rare, but the same nature has endowed every child with the opportunity to develop. And such development should begin not when a person has become a specialist, but much earlier. Training an inventor, just like an athlete, is a long process.How? Introduce TRIZ (separate elements of the theory and methodology for solving inventive problems).

Currently, techniques and methods of technical TRIZ are successfully used in kindergartens to develop inventive ingenuity in preschoolers, creative imagination, dialectical thinking.

The purpose of TRIZ is not just to develop children’s imagination, but to teach them to think systematically, with an understanding of the processes taking place.

Tool for working with children- pedagogical search.

If the child does not ask a question, then the teacher asks it himself: “What would happen if...”

Class - not a form, but a search for truth.

Stages:

I. Search for the essence.

Children are presented with a problem (question) that needs to be solved. And everyone is looking different variants decisions, what is true.

P. “The Mystery of the Double” - identifying contradictions: good - bad (for example: the sun is good and bad. Good - it warms, bad - it can burn). The beginning of thought and intelligence is where the child looks for contradictions.

III. Resolving contradictions (with the help of games and fairy tales).For example: you need a large umbrella to hide under it from the rain, but you also need a small one to carry it in your bag. The solution to this contradiction is a folding umbrella.

Techniques for resolving contradictions:

1. Change in the state of aggregation of a substance (water in a sieve - freeze and transfer in a sieve).

2. Change in time (speed up time and grow). Solving fairytale problems and inventing new fairy tales. How to save Kolobok from the Fox?

  1. historical: how was the wheel, airplane, fork, pencil, etc. invented?
  2. on walks: who is the mother of the wind, who are his friends, what does the wind whisper about, what does the wind argue with the sun?
  3. empathy technique: what does this bush feel, is the tree in pain?

There are techniques for resolving contradictions in kindergarten.

Crusher - fragmentation and unification (union of kids in a fairy tale to cope with the wolf).

Matryoshka - matryoshka principle (one in one).

Toropyzhka - the principle of preliminary action and anti-action (Masha climbed into the basket to get to her grandparents).

Parrot - principle of copying.

Good Wizard- turn harm into benefit, evil into good.

Fidget - the principle of dynamism.

I don't want to - the “vice versa” principle.

Simulation methodlittle people, which is used in classes to familiarize themselves with surrounding objects and their properties.

An important point in the process of organizing developmental activities is the creation in children motivation, which is based on the basic needs of children preschool age. Psychologists note that a child develops very earlythe need for awareness of one’s importance, recognition, self-affirmation,which a child can realize in a play situation.

It is in the game that the preschooler’s need to act independently, actively, like an adult is realized. Sometimes to solve problems they needturn into wizards, artists, tailors, designers and so on.

A strong incentive that motivates preschoolers to activity is the motive of personal benefit, which cannot be ignored when conducting creative activities. It is also significant for preschoolersneed to communicate with adults.The communication process should be accompanied only by positive emotions: the joy of new knowledge, the joy of discovery, the joy of creativity, satisfaction with praise. It is important for teachers to give up the habit of “telling children”; they need to learntalk to them.

Gradually, it becomes most significant for older preschoolerscognitive need.

Along with cognitive, in older age,the need for creation.Its role is especially great in the development of the child’s creative potential.

It remains for us, teachers, to discern, distinguish, and reveal the deep meaning of children's insight. And, illuminated by their light, consciously return this meaning to children in order to encourage and push them to further creative insights.

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  1. “Working with gifted children: searches and finds/according to Art. L. Golovanova / Magazine “ Public education" – 2004. - No. 7.
  2. “Learn together” / according to Art. M. Nefedova / Magazine for parents “Family and School” - 1992. – No. 1-3.
  3. “A gifted teacher required”/according to Art. Veronica Sorokina / Magazine of caring parents “Schoolchildren’s Health” - 2006. - No. 10.
  4. Prokhorova L.N. Traveling around Fantalia. Practical materials on the development of creative activity of preschool children. – St. Petersburg: “Childhood-Press”, 2000.

Creativity is not a rare privilege of extraordinary individuals. Most people create something new in their Everyday life. Each person creates his own ideas and puts them into public use. In turn, he draws ideas from his social environment, updates and enriches his views, skills, knowledge and culture with new elements.

Differences between people in this regard are only quantitative; they determine greater or lesser socially significant value what this or that person creates.

Creative abilityThis special skill to rearrange elements in the field of consciousness in an original way so that this rearrangement provides the possibility of performing new operations in the field of phenomena. This definition assumes the existence of two "fields" − fields of consciousness, And fields of phenomena, that is, the physical environment from which a person receives information. All people create, at least in childhood. But for many this function atrophies quite quickly; For some, it not only remains, but also develops, and constitutes the goal and meaning of their entire life.

Science is a means of creating new knowledge. Therefore, when solving scientific problems, the realization of human creative potential requires possession of the necessary knowledge. Scientific creativity is available only to professionals, specialists who, with the help of imagination, create images and concepts that have universal value.

All science can be divided into "primary" And "secondary". The first is the sphere of obtaining fundamental knowledge. The second is the sphere of development and practical (applied) use of fundamental knowledge. Both spheres closely interact with each other and cannot exist without each other.

For geophysics, the lack of understanding by academic and ministerial authorities of the fundamental importance of this interaction turned out to be far from harmless. Geophysical science was artificially divided along departmental lines into fundamental (academic research institutes) and applied (industry research institutes of the Ministry of Geosciences and the Ministry of Petroleum Industry). This division has become one of the reasons for the current crisis in domestic geophysics.

When analyzing creative activity, it is important to distinguish between concepts such as "creation" And "productivity". A productive scientist can, without having high creative potential, be an excellent systematizer, formalizing and developing into a specific system ideas and hypotheses proposed by other specialists (this is the sphere of “secondary” science). A scientist with great creative potential may be unproductive in terms of the number of things he creates. scientific works. But we can point out many scientists who simultaneously combined high creative potential with high productivity (Euler, Gauss, Helmholtz, Mendeleev, N.I. Vavilov, L.D. Landau, I.E. Tamm, N.V. Timofeev-Resovsky, V. P. Efroimson, A. A. Lyubishchev).

Based on the above, you can already imagine who a creative person is, what qualities he possesses.

A creative person always strives to create new, unique material or cultural values. Such a person is always talented, and in many areas (for example, Leonardo da Vinci, who succeeded in painting and architecture, mathematics and technology).

Modern psychology divides people with a creative mindset into two types:

  • 1. Divergents, that is, people capable of a wide range of creative activities, easily establish distant connections between incompatible and incomparable concepts and phenomena; have a rich imagination; approach the problem in an original way; can speak out against generally accepted judgments that have become a cliché; are distinguished by autonomy, independence from other people’s opinions; boldly and openly meet new ideas and experiments; experience the satisfaction of discovery.
  • 2. Convergents, that is, people prone to narrow, focused, deep and specific research; gravitate toward types of intellectual activity where it is necessary to focus on a more in-depth search in one direction; easily adapt their thinking to social stereotypes and operate with generally accepted cliches; for creative activity they need external incentives; slowly and thoroughly step along a pre-selected reliable path; indifferent to cognitive emotions). Each author, based on individual abilities and inclinations, strives to choose the optimal style of working on the material. A creative processes, associated with the preparation of a journalistic work, have natural stages, knowledge of which will allow future journalists, both divergent and convergent, to optimize their activities.

A creative person is distinguished from others by originality of thinking and the ability to create, passion, as well as a number of other qualities, such as:

  • 1. Perseverance (persistence), confirming the presence of motivation. The ability to concentrate on one activity, perseverance in spite of failures is one of the qualities of a creative person, helping to free oneself from lethargy and indecision. Enables you to bring started projects to completion. The following will help to develop perseverance: choosing a life guide, regular exercise or some kind of creative activity.
  • 2. Openness to new experience, emotional openness, flexibility of thought, eccentric views and beliefs - largely thanks to them, people develop original ideas and solutions. All creative people have this openness.
  • 3. Curiosity - the desire to improve your knowledge, interest in various areas human life and just environment. This quality gives a person the ability to be active in life, and also stimulates activity for new discoveries and knowledge. It brings joy from learning about the world around us and allows us to expand the boundaries of our capabilities. The development of this quality is facilitated by observation, as well as the desire for knowledge. Without curiosity, a creative person is simply impossible.
  • 4. Imagination - the ability of thinking to create new images based on real objects. Thanks to him, the boundaries between the impossible and the possible are erased. This quality gives freedom of imagination in any field: art, cinema, literature, etc. Imagination can be developed. To do this, you need to read books deeply, immersing yourself in the world of characters, take an interest in art, visiting exhibitions, art galleries, performing psychological exercises aimed at developing fantasy. Creative people are often dreamy.
  • 5. Self-confidence, independence. Thanks to these qualities, a person is completely free from the opinions of others, in other words, emotionally stable. He is able to accept own solutions and bring them to life. Due to these qualities, a person can find real application for any ideas, even the most reckless ones at first glance. The acquisition of these qualities is facilitated by: the development of critical thinking, self-esteem, and the fight against fear of people. Independence promotes innovative ideas and progress.
  • 6. Inventiveness is a person’s ability to solve life’s problems in an unconventional way, to create unusual things. Thanks to this quality, masterpieces are created. Advantages: the opportunity to perform extraordinary actions, unlimited imagination, joy from the creation process, freedom from laziness of soul and body. This quality of a creative personality is not innate. It can be acquired through: increasing your own erudition, self-improvement (eradicating any signs of laziness), setting and achieving a specific goal. An inventive person is not afraid to try something new in life.
  • 7. Speed ​​of information processing: resourcefulness in answers, quickness of thought, love of complexity - a creative person juggles ideas without any self-censorship. A sudden insight when a solution seems to appear out of nowhere.
  • 8. Thinking by analogy and the ability to access the preconscious and unconscious. Analogical thinking operates on the principle of free association of thoughts and images. Pre- and unconscious phenomena include night dreams, day dreams and powerful emotions.

Analyzing the listed qualities, it becomes obvious that every person has creative potential that he can develop. Currently, there are many different exercises for developing creativity.

For example, the “Free Monologue” exercise.

Task: stop controlling your thoughts, learn to think more freely.

In a quiet and peaceful place, you should close your eyes and allow your body to relax. Focus for a minute on the thoughts and images that arise spontaneously. Then ask yourself six questions:

  • 1. What did I see, feel, hear?
  • 2. What was my inner monologue about (what were the quiet voices whispering inside me)?
  • 3. What were my thoughts?
  • 4. My feelings?
  • 5. My emotions?
  • 6. What does this all mean for me? (A long-standing problem, an unfulfilled desire, an inability to loosen control and “let go” of what is happening...).

Exercises that develop creativity:

  • 1. “Two accidents.” Take Dictionary and choose two random concepts at random. Just point your finger at any page. Compare them, try to find something in common between them. Come up with a crazy story in which you place the relationship. This exercise is great for training your brain.
  • 2. "10+10". Choose any word, it must be a noun. Now write 5 adjectives that you think suit him best. For example, “socks” - black, warm, woolen, winter, clean. Done? Now try writing 5 more adjectives that don't fit at all. This is where everything stalled. It turns out that this is very difficult to do. Delve into various spheres of perception and find the right words.
  • 3. "Title". Try to come up with a name for it every time a subject interests you. It can be short and biting, or long and unfolded. The purpose of the exercise is that you will definitely like the name.

Examples of exercises to develop writing skills:

  • 1. Think about one of the objects in the room. Without opening your eyes, list as many as possible more features of this item. Write down everything you remember, still without looking at the object.
  • 2. Choose a poem that you like. Take its last line - let it be the first line of your new poem.
  • 3. What would you say to an uninvited guest who stopped by at three in the morning?
  • 4. Write a story that begins with the words: “I once had an opportunity, but I missed it...”.
  • 5. Write a letter to your ten-year-old self. A letter to the past.