Perhaps one way to use the Internet and digital technology as a platform is to explore possibilities individually and Blog your expedition. That way you take us with you. By the way, it is all right to get lost. Often that is how you discover the most amazing things!
We have enough technology (horsepower under the hood), to launch ourselves. What are our tools for musicing? We have our instruments and our passions. We have our ears, eyes, and our intellect. These may be primary.
The tech tools are for tinkering. What are our tech tools? What are tools? Generally tools are for extending our reach and multiplying our power. Heidegger calls such things our equipment. We have all sorts of mechanical tools, and now digital technology is replacing the mechanical implements with code...code for making new worlds.
Some of our work will be creating. Some of our work will be problem solving. Is there a difference between solving a problem and creating? Much of the research literature seems to suggest that problem solving is creativity. What do you think?
So we have infinite possibilities at our disposal. We have imagination unleashed to the nth power. Where would you like to go today?
2 comments:
Such an interesting post. I've thought about this a bit before commenting and today I believe creativity is not only essential to solving all types of problems, it is an essential aspect of being human. Yes, some animals have learned to use tools and find solutions to simple problems, but it is the human mind that continues to expand and reevaluate situations and circumstances.
Perhaps creativity also has to do with heart, passion, and drive. Are we creative because we have a soul? What about AI? Is a machine creative in a human sense? What about if there was a given problem and both human and machine were told to find solutions. Both ended with the same "creative" conclusions. Is the machine more like us or are we more like it? Hmmm.
This subject reminds me of a person I talked to. He was a tax lawyer who wasn’t happy with his job. He wished he were an artist instead. He believed, however, that tax attorneys use more creative solutions than other kinds of lawyers because they have to find creative ways to save people money. He seemed to take pride in that even though he hated his job.
Creating is a general term which solving a problem falls under. Solving a problem is always creating but creating is not necessarily solving a problem. Art is a form of emotional expression and sometimes a social commentary. Art is never meant to solve problems. It is to make people forget about their problems, even for a moment. Maybe that is why artists are not always taken seriously.
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