I am about to analyze the ten behavior paradoxes that own by creative people which previously pointed by Mihaly:

1. Creative people have a great deal of physical energy, but they’re also often quiet and at rest.

silent is gold. creative people have many things to think about. so it’s good to stay still in the solitude, let themselves driven by imagination. the widest world is the time when we approach the sleep because the conscious and unconscious worlds are integrated. if everyone is in action, so who’s gonna take a role in paying attention and analyzing?

2. Creative people tend to be smart yet naive at the same time.

they are naive because they wont stop asking which can make them enrich their knowledge

3. Creative people combine playfulness and discipline, or responsibility and irresponsibility.

discipline and responsibility are related to “obeying rules”. rules somehow may block people’s mind to be out-side the box. the creative people are the ones who dare to transform the kinked irresponsibility into something understandable yet straightened by rules. moreover, rules make something trapped and ordinary

4. Creative people alternate between imagination and fantasy, and a rooted sense of reality.

idea thats just kept in the mind, is merely a dream. the one which is successfully translated into reality, is called creativity

5. Creative people trend to be both extroverted and introverted.

they’re being introverted when they still process the ideas, deciding where to lead the ideas. afterwards they become extroverted when they are ready to share the ideas with others

6. Creative people are humble and proud at the same time.

when they creatively solve the problems faced by their surrounding with the “never been thought before” way

7. Creative people, to an extent, escape rigid gender role stereotyping.

because they tend to capture something from the whole angles

8. Creative people are both rebellious and conservative.

conservativeness is a basic fundamental action so they won’t be too distant in crossing the lines. the other hand, the rebellion proceeds the creativity. it occurs when there’s internal or external limitations. and the creativity is needed to eliminate those limitations.

9. Most creative people are very passionate about their work, yet they can be extremely objective about it as well.

because they have a deep concern about it so no wonder they want to make it perfect but they can also accept other’s suggestion and critics because they believe it can make their work even better.

10. Creative people’s openness and sensitivity often exposes them to suffering and pain, yet also to a great deal of enjoyment.

mostly, creative people are enjoying the process more than the result. they like the process of mixing the desires and obsessions through imagination, but when it comes up with rejected response from other aspects, they end up in pain. however, they still can take it as a great deal of enjoyment!

From Creativity: The Work and Lives of 91 Eminent People, by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, published by HarperCollins, 1996.

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