According to Mary Shelley, Invention does not come into existence by
creating something out of void and invention exists as a result of chaos
surrounding humans. She wrote this in a preface for the book called
Frankenstein back in 1831.
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Then later physicist Freeman Dyson echoed the same
thoughts when he said that it is strange the way ideas do come when they are
actually needed.
He wrote this idea two centuries after during his account for
the Flash of Illumination by which the creative breakthroughs do happen and occur.
There is a necessary period of unconscious incubation before any creative
achievement is made.
About this incubation period, T.S. Elliot wrote and said
that we do not know until the shell actually breaks what kind of egg we have
actually been sitting on.
Oliver Sacks said that this is one of the three
essential elements of creativity that do exist.
Ludwing Van Beethoven who lived
between the years 1770 and 1827 was a
beautiful articulation of the conscious preparation and also the unconscious
incubation of creativity.
When Johann Aloys who was Beethoven’s junior asked
how he managed to produce the creative pieces that he did, the great composer
replied by talking about the art of
editing and also the life-cycle of
creativity.
Beethoven said that giving too much of your art is bad and less is
better. He then continued to outline the process of incubation, ideation and
also editing by which great works of art are produced.
He said that he carries
his thoughts about with him for a long time before he can actually do set them
down.
He continued by saying that at the same time his memory is very faithful
to him that he is sure not to forget any
of the themes that he has ever conceived, even after a period of five years. He
said that he does make many changes, rejects and also makes many attempts until
he is very satisfied.
Then he begins working on the length, breadth and also
height in his head. Since he is very conscious of what he actually wants the
basic idea cannot leave him.
The idea rises and grows up and he is able to hear
and also see the picture as a whole taking shape also standing forth before him
as if it was actually cast in a single piece.
And now all that is left is the
work of just writing it down. Beethoven did most of his composing outdoors
where he used to jot down ideas that came into his mind and then later went
back into his quarters to write them into scores.
He acknowledged the
essential mystery that exists at the heart of creative work
that no framework, or discipline or
routine would be able to manufacture.
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