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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Good question. Consider that the process of our interaction with the world follows a cycle of input, as perception, interpreted by mind, as cognition, evaluated by morality, as soul, formulated means for projection using mind, as cognition, and projection through physical properties, as mediums. In my opinion, creativity and imagination does not come from perception, it is more likely originated within the interval between evaluation and formulation by bouncing evaluation, formulation, and cognition back and forth within the self. I think if we knew exactly where creativity and imagination came from then both would be located within cognition, but I don't believe that they do originate from cognition because cognition is built from perception. Which is not to say that creative constructs can't be cognized, but that creativity doesn't appear to have a causal trigger; it wouldn't be creative if it was simple regurgitation of known facts. Therefore, in my opinion, creativity presents itself from an origin which provides the soul with an appropriate moral solution when no moral solution has been perceived and cognized from past experience. |