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Practitioners Corner Developing creativity and meaningful education in Creative Process at terti a ry level Chris Diedericks - Vega The Brand Communications School ABSTRACT Many misconceptions and assumptions exist about creativity; our ability to create, maintain and feed our creativity, and to formulate good ideas. This paper investigates the development of creativity and Creative Process at tertiary level. It provides some practices, techniques and models for developing creativity. The text is illustrated with examples of creative process work collected from tertiary students at Vega The Brand Communications School, in Sandton, Johannesburg, over a period offive years. Some practices of teaching Creative Process and critical thinking are discussed. Creative intelligence in its various forms and activities is what makes man. James Harvey Robinson We often conclude that abilities are etched in stone, inexplicable, and unchangeable. This is, of course, false. Many creative people were told by a teacher, mentor, or educator somewhere in the course of their creative lives, that they are not good enough, and that they will never become a good artist. Contrary to popular belief, I suggest, all people are creative. It is not the exclusive preserve of men. Women, children and even mentally challenged artists are capable of creating incredible works of art. Almost a century ago, the psychotherapist Hans Prinzhorn published groundbreaking work in h