Blending of Intellect and Creativity

Intellect:the capacity for rational or intelligent thought especially when highly developed.
Creativity: the quality of being creative,  the ability to create
Examples of both
We were required to read a book every week in order to develop our intellects.
Her intelligence and artistic creativity...

The whole top of this blog was taken form, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary.  If you look you will see that in the examples the editor uses the word intelligence when describing creativity. I find that odd. Why wasn't the word creativity used when describing intellect?

For me I have to look at this in terms of my Wife and Myself. You could call my wife an Intellect. She is working toward her Ph.D and is involved in early childhood research through UNCG as her daily job.  These are traits that come easy to her.
 Now take me for instance. I am more creative in which I approach things.  Not to say that she is not creative. But in order for me to strengthen my intellect I have to work 10 times harder.  I also relate it to common sense an book smarts.  I have more common sense and she has more book smarts.

Having both traits is almost unheard of. Most of these types are lacking in other areas such as they are socially awkward.   The ability to use both intellect and creativity is the goal in life. Parents strive to teach there children to the qualities of being an intellectual and creative. 

Now that I think about it you have to have some creativity to be an intellect. The way in which intellects go about being intellectual is by being somewhat creative.

Gathering

I never knew that when my mother told me to gather my things that she was teaching me a very important piece of life that will stay with me the entire way.  I'm sure there are many way's people choose to gather, ways that are specific to them.  I prefer to start with easiest and make my way to the hardest.   The point that I am trying to make is that there is no right or wrong way to gather.  When you wake up in the morning you have to gather you thoughts in order to start the day.  After you have accomplished this early morning task you are able to go about you day with ease.  Question? Could Gathering be a means to an end?  Once you have gathered what ever it is you are doing you can work toward finishing.

Research can be considered a type of gathering.  When you do research you will need a good starting point.   Step #1. Analyze your topic to decide where to begin.(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html) I thought this was a good one. Step #3. Learn as you go & VARY your approach with what you learn.  Gathering information only works if what you gather works for you. 




For me thus far I know I will need a good framework or plain in order to start gathering information to do the research.

Framing

For me the word Framing means to look at something from all angles.  Once you have done that you are able to set a standard or framework to go by. Sometimes life, nature, or some will say divine intervention will get in the way and you will have to re-frame your process. The key to this is being open to the possibilities of change at all times. Peter Bogdanovich tells us that he had no real college training, that he had went to his own college. In order for him to be successful with this method he had to lay the framework at the very beginning and stick to it the entire way.  An old Swedish Proverb

"Fear less hope more,
eat less chew more,
wine less breath more,
talk less say more,
love more and all good things will be yours."

This proverb is a lot like a framework for live. He also leaves us with a story from Jimmy Stewart and a quote that inspires me. "Give people little tiny pieces of time that they will never forget." 
After watching the TED talk with Sugata Mitra I felt as though anything is possible.  The soul purpose for this man is to help the lives of others.  He is doing this with computers and with kids who have never seen a computer before and the out come is amazing. (Sometimes I wish I could pick up on things as fast as those kids.)
The High Rise interactive piece might be one of the coolest things on the web.  Not only is the artist able to capture images that captivate us but she is also able to engage us in the lives of others who live in these places.