A creative work is a manifestation of creative effort in the world through a creative process involving one or more individuals. The term including fine artwork (sculpture, paintings, drawing, sketching, performance art), dance, writing (literature), filmmaking, and musical composition. Creative works require a creative mindset and are not typically rendered in an arbitrary fashion although some works demonstrate (i.e., have in common) a degree of arbitrariness, such that it is improbable that two people would independently create the same work. At its base, creative work involves two main steps—having an idea, and then turning that idea into a substantive form or process.
Featured Works
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 1975 Oscar-winning movie starring Jack Nicholson and directed by Milos Forman
Notable Works
- Objectivist, The - Newsletter created by Ayn Rand (as The Objectivist Newsletter) in 1962 and edited by herself and Nathaniel Branden (until 1968)
- Official Story, The - 1985 movie about an Argentine mother discovering her adopted daughter may be the child of a "desaparecida"
- Once Upon a Time - Penultimate broadcast episode of The Prisoner, where Number Six goes through the seven ages of man
- On the Waterfront - 1954 movie, in which a young dock worker takes on the Mob-connected boss
- Outlaw Josey Wales, The - 1976 western starring Clint Eastwood set at the end of the American War Between the States
The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "Creative work" as of 14 Mar 2025, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.