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The long-standing view in psychology is that positive emotions are conducive to creativity because they broaden the mind, whereas negative emotions are detrimental to creativity because they narrow one's focus.
- Does creativity require emotion?
- Do negative emotions prevent creativity?
- Can you use your emotions to create a desired effect?
- How do emotions affect art?
Does creativity require emotion?
Creativity is full of emotion, from the anxiety of the blank computer screen and the frustration of facing inevitable obstacles to the elation of insight and pride of achievement. Creativity scholars have learned a great deal by examining the role of emotions in creativity for at least 35 years.
Do negative emotions prevent creativity?
Negative emotions such as worry, anxiety and frustration can also increase creativity, but through different means as they focus the mind and make you more critical, which may result in a better outcome.”
Can you use your emotions to create a desired effect?
We don't have to always deal with our emotions by changing them or making ourselves feel better. Rather, emotions can help thinking and problem-solving if we consider what specific messages they convey, what tasks different feelings and moods can benefit, and what activities they can fuel.
How do emotions affect art?
Our studies have shown: Emotions in the arts affect us on a subjective and bodily level which influences aesthetic evaluations, e.g, liking. Thus, emotions in the arts are not only represented in a perceiver via a cognitive or detached mode, as often implicated by cognitivistic art theories.
