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When I had the assignment about to write the definition of creativity in the beginning of this semester, I researched several people who are creative, and I made my definition. My definition of creativity is the person or new ideas that are created from people’s originality and personality, and improves and develops our society better. From this definition I can tell you that every person is creative, because creativity is the human nature. And I also can tell you that creativity and genius are very similar. But it is not easy to be genius.

Every person is already creative, because we are always thinking and devising something and creating a lot of new ideas in unconsciously in daily life. For example, a businessman is thinking a new original project that has never been thought, a housewife is thinking how to cook cheap and delicious meals for her family. Humans have devised somethings since a long time ago, people invented fire. Time went on. From fire people developed electrical light and developing society better. Since then creativity is human nature, so every human is creative.

I said that creativity and genius are similar, but it is not easy to be genius. For example, Vincent van Gogh was the impressionist painter who had a far-reaching influence on 20^th century art. However he wasn’t famous when he was alive, also he was able to sell only one picture in his life. He committed suicide when he was 37.He has been famous after he died. Why he is famous now? How he went from creative to being considered genius? He’s personality, idea, or his way did not change since he wasn’t famous. People around him have changed.  This evidence shows that every person is creative. Also creativity and genius is very similar, but it is not easy to be genius. Because when we as a society admit someone is genius, most people think that person or their ideas are meaningful and valuable. Everyone wants new ideas or material that genius people come up with.

In conclusion, every human is creative. And we as a society choose the person or ideas that they think it’s meaningful and valuable and recognize them as genius. Therefore who is considered as genius is always change by time, because we as a society’s needs and their value decide who is genius.