http://www.creativeintensive.org/education/reward-intrinsic-motivation-and-creativity Ideas that Inspire Creativity Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:42:57 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.creativeintensive.org/education/reward-intrinsic-motivation-and-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-741 Christopher Richards Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:40:09 +0000 http://www.creativeintensive.org/2007/10/17/reward-intrinsic-motivation-and-creativity/#comment-741 This makes a lot of sense to me. At one time, I made the switch from fine art to commercial art (which used to be called the servile arts). Whereas fine art is a process where the end result organically emerges. Commercial art is goal driven. The trade has a name for an illustrator is a "wrist." I wasn't any good at being a commercial illustrator because instead of allowing myself the process of drawing, I was rushing to finish a preconceived idea. This made my drawings rigid. Some people of course are very good at this skill. But we are a goal-driven society, not a process oriented one. The liberal arts are self referential. In other words, they are their own reward. I would say we learn how to enjoy and appreciate through the liberal arts, and but the goal of other forms of education are to produce commercial value. That may not be enjoyable. But the financial reward is believed to provide enjoyment and happiness. What often happens is that when the financial goal is achieved happiness seems elusive because learning to enjoy was never addressed. This makes a lot of sense to me. At one time, I made the switch from fine art to commercial art (which used to be called the servile arts). Whereas fine art is a process where the end result organically emerges. Commercial art is goal driven. The trade has a name for an illustrator is a “wrist.” I wasn’t any good at being a commercial illustrator because instead of allowing myself the process of drawing, I was rushing to finish a preconceived idea. This made my drawings rigid. Some people of course are very good at this skill. But we are a goal-driven society, not a process oriented one. The liberal arts are self referential. In other words, they are their own reward. I would say we learn how to enjoy and appreciate through the liberal arts, and but the goal of other forms of education are to produce commercial value. That may not be enjoyable. But the financial reward is believed to provide enjoyment and happiness. What often happens is that when the financial goal is achieved happiness seems elusive because learning to enjoy was never addressed.

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