Eighteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns caused a huge reduction in intense social interactions with acquaintances, making them more occasional or temporarily lost. In pandemic, creative writing (CW) assisted people to get over in isolation period, to reflect the traumatic pressure of pandemic situation and to build up coping behaviour contemplating personal fears. According to Reckwitz, creativity has already become a life matrix core, or everyday routine. However, contemporary sociological discourse has not yet sufficiently stressed the issue of creativity during COVID-19. Extending Simonton’s thesis on importance of social context, I study the phenomena of creativity during pandemic. In this paper I expand the conception of four C-model of creativity (established by Kaufman & Beghetto). Most individuals working with a professional level of knowledge of their field can be classified as Pro-c. However, specific industries of creativity, like CW, are rooted into practices of teaching and coaching. Professional writers perceive CW as a set of skills that can be trained. The research question is to formulate a sub-classification of Pro-c creativity splitting up the Pro-c as high level creators and Pro-c as high level trainers of creators - and suggest previously unspoken extensions and hypothetical adjustments.