Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art: an AHRB invited workshop

The workshop will explore in depth the nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art from the perspective of embodied mind. The problem is crucial to our understanding of the creative process in fine art. The aims and objectives of the workshop are to bring into visibility critical insights into the creative process, thereby potentially empowering digital artists. Keywords Creativity, freedom, constraint, consciousness. RESEARCH CONTEXT A paradigmatic change is now occurring in our conception of what it is to be a human being in the world, and how we come to understand things and act in innovatory and creative ways. Lakoff and Johnson [1] in their book ‘Philosophy in the Flesh: the embodied mind and its challenge to western thought’ emphasise that the mind is inherently embodied. They stress that thought is mostly ous; and that abstract concepts are largely metaphorical. They discuss in detail how the body and the brain shape reason, contrary to trad...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: CANDC
• Authors: John Haworth, Sue Gollifer, James Faure Walker, Paul Coldwell, Tom Kemp, Jon Pengelly
• Keywords: CANDC 2005, Creative Process, Embodied Mind, Emerging Technology, Fine Art