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Gamma: It can be said now that creativity in arts is of the same nature as creativity in human communication.
Delta: I cannot believe it. It was so fuzzy in the beginning!
Alpha: Aha. I would say it has been.
Delta: Actually, we saw that the same creativity found in invention is also found in the arts, like with jets. That example Gamma gave us was very helpful.
Gamma: I see no difference with investigation either, by the way.
Delta: Yeah, it is all the same.
Beta: So, creativity is all the same wherever we come across it—in arts, technology, investigation, pure human communication . . . everywhere! The only things which change are the subject and the role of the outcome.
Teacher: So is creativity always the arrangement of known things in a new form?
Kappa: I also cannot believe how clear it is now!
Alpha: OK, you guys have come to the conclusion that copying is even more creative than producing the original work. Isn’t that weird?
Kappa: Hmm. It sounds really weird.
Delta: Why don’t we think this over?
Gamma: Alpha, what do you think?
Teacher: Gamma, what about you?
Alpha: This new form . . . you all are talking about, . . . it doesn’t exist when it is first created, but it does when it is grasped by someone else, not the creator.
Delta: It is obvious, but what does “is grasped” mean? We saw it as a creative action too.
Alpha: As creative as the original creation itself?
Beta: I don’t see how we can measure this.
Kappa: My dad says it sometimes takes centuries for humankind to understand new ideas, inventions, or art that some individuals came up with. Understanding is creative!
Delta: And understanding among people in everyday life is the same. It was your example, Kappa, right?