Embodied metaphors and creative "acts"

• Main Authors: Kim, Suntae, Polman, Evan, Qiu, Lin, Sanchez-Burks, Jeffrey, Ong, Lay See, Goncalo, Jack A., Leung, Angela K.-y.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97977; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12275
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Creativity is a highly sought-after skill. Prescriptive advice for inspiring creativity abounds in the form of metaphors: People are encouraged to “think outside the box,” to consider a problem “on one hand, then on the other hand,” and to “put two and two together” to achieve creative breakthroughs...