can we question the Past creativity and come up with future creativity ? Is this one of the way to systematically foster creativity ?
If something is to be novel and original then it may, by definition, be different from what was thought in the past. But creativity depends on context. So it is perfectly possible to use an idea from the past in a different new context. It depends on whether you are thinking about big (genius) or little (everyday) creativity.
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Yes, the past is full of fragmented treasures in various fields that could be a key to novel ideas. One of the main advantages of the past is that it has ‘loose margins’, creating gaps and spaces that we can fill with new ways of thinking which might be more important than merely small ideas.
Creativity is like building blocks if it is put historically as presented in the question. Because present creativity is based on successive improvements of the past and present creativity is the springboard to future creativity. Especially in industrial design.
TRIZ by Altshuller or Structured Creativity is exactly based on the study of past creativity, creating a pattern & apply the pattern to solve new problems. Thus TRIZ is a method of applied (past) creativity.
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