murderous intent

Sometimes the more negative aspects of society can bring about inspiration for creativity. An example of this is merderous intent sparking creativity. I was watching an episode of the television show Monk in which a murderer plans his alibi in a very creative way. The murderer  is a school teacher, who asks a fellow teacher which he is having an affair with to meet him at the clock tower. When she meets him at the clock tower he bludgeones her. Next, he places her body on the minute hand which is horizontal at 8:15am. Then the teacher runs across campus where he is proctoring the SAT's. His car is placed underneath the bell tower with the alarm on. When the clock reaches 8:25am her body falls and hits the car setting off the alarm. The alarm allows everyone to know exactly what time her body fell. At this time he is across campus proctoring the SAT's giving him an alibi for the murder. This form of creativity involved the willingness to take risks. He left the body out in plain sight for 10 minutes. The bell tower faces the atheltic field which luckily for the murderer, was empty on the morning of the murder. 

liking vs creativity

People tend to label things as creative just because they like them. Usually this means staying within their own parameters and thus anything that is different than what they are used to is not liked and consequently not seen as creative. An example of this is a compliment I got for a piece of my engraving art. Someone told me they thought it was very creative and still thought it was creative even when I informed them that the engraving just consisted of tracing pre-drawn lines. It seemed that this person was confusing creativity with how much they liked the piece. Creativity is something new and innovative. Engraving art requires tracing what someone else outlined and is also in stores for many other people to create the same piece. These aspects show that my engraving art is neither new or innovative and thus not creative.