Which phrase fosters creativity?
1. "There is no such thing as a
purple cat."
2. "I'll show you how to do it."
3. "What is this a picture of?"
4. "You used lots of purple in
your picture!"
Would "You used lots of purple in
your picture!" be correct?
Of the four, that is the best answer, yes.
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I don't like the question: My personal experience is that seldom is creativity "fostered". What we can do is remove the impedimemts to creativity. 1, 2, 3 are impediments. So, in that context, 4 is the "correct" response. I remember Picasso's Blue Period, and actually have some prints. He used a lot of blue in his pictures.
I think the best response to creativity is WOW! then choose one thing and say. That (blank) is really interesting. I like the way you did that.