Creative Imagery Research Articles

Research on Development Strategies of Anhui Papermaking Craft in the Era of Image Economy

This paper analyzes the challenges and opportunities faced by Anhui papermaking craft in the era of the image economy and explores the strategies for cross-disciplinary integration of creative imagery with paper craft. By conducting in-depth research on the protection and inheritance of papermaking craft, innovative design and image fusion, market expansion and brand promotion, digital production and technological innovation, as well as the integration of cultural industries, this paper puts forward strategies and suggestions to promote the sustainable development of Anhui papermaking craft in the era of the image economy.

Creativity, theory of mind and loneliness – The links between cognitive and social abilities of school-age children

In this study, we explored the relationships among children's creative imagery abilities, their theory of mind (ToM) and loneliness. A large sample (N = 743) of primary school-age children (M age = 9.3 years, SD = 0.45 years) solved two performance tasks (creative imagery and ToM) and provided self-reported frequencies of feelings of loneliness. We tested the fit of a structural equation model with aspects of creative abilities (creative imagery and fluency) as predictors of ToM and examined the links between ToM and the quality of relationships with peers and the frequency of feelings of loneliness. The obtained relationships indicate a positive association between creative imagery and ToM and a negative link between ToM and feelings of loneliness. Consequently, the indirect effect of “creative imagery – ToM – loneliness” was negative, which suggests that creative imagery might serve as a factor that reduces the feeling of loneliness among children due to their ToM. We discuss the potential consequences of these findings and propose future avenues that could be explored to untangle the mechanisms behind the identified links. Educational relevance and implications statementIn the study, we analysed the relationships among creative abilities, ToM and feelings of loneliness among children of primary school age. Our results show that richer creative imagery is positively associated with abilities to understand others. Moreover, children with advanced ToM feel less lonely at school among peers than those without such levels of ToM. Consequently, we posit that creative imagery might bring some overlooked benefits for children's social functioning, thanks to the role it plays for ToM.

A Study of Creative Imagery in Public Service Posters Based on Design Cultural Codes Theory

This study, grounded in design culture code theory, rigorously explores the multifaceted impact of visual imagery on poster design. Uniting theory with practicality, it dissects the strategic, semiotic, and technical aspects of poster creation, illuminating how visual elements are strategically employed, convey nuanced meanings, and adhere to design principles. Notably, it scrutinizes the adaptability of these strategies across diverse socio-cultural contexts. The study enriches our comprehension of how visual choices endow posters with significance and emotional resonance. Furthermore, it contributes novel insights into the technical intricacies of visual design principles.By synthesizing theory and practice, with an emphasis on cross-cultural adaptability, this study advances our understanding of how visual imagery influences strategic, meaningful, and technical dimensions in poster design. It holds implications for design practitioners and offers inspiration for future research in this field. In humility, it contributes to the existing body of knowledge while paving the way for further exploration in the discipline.

Test of Creative Imagery Abilities (TCIA): A Study of Adaptation into Turkish

The relationship between imagery ability and creative skill has been researched by many theorists, and it has been stated that individuals with high artistic skills, who are educated in art or who are creative individuals, have high imagery ability. For this reason, it is important to determine the imagery ability in the admission of art education students in undergraduate education, in identifying creative individuals and in revealing the cognitive skill levels that art education requires. This research was carried out in order to adapt the “Test of Creative Imagery Abilities (TCIA)”, developed by Polish researchers Jankowska and Karwowski into Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. The original language is English and there are seven incomplete figures in the test. Each figure is evaluated in three dimensions (vividness, originality and transformativeness) in light of the guide handbook of the test. Both the test and the handbook were translated into Turkish by Turkish-English language experts and expert opinion was taken for Turkish-English compatibility. For linguistic equivalence, the original and Turkish forms were administered to 39 students two weeks apart, and the correlation between the two forms was calculated. In order to check the validity of the fit structure with the model of the test, a sample group of 300 undergraduate students participated in the research. The results of the reliability values and model fit criteria that emerged after the analyses revealed that the test is a valid and reliable measurement tool to measure the level of creative imagery.

From Crisis to Advocacy: Tracing the Emergence and Evolution of the LGBTQIA+ Consumer Market

Although governments and organizations are increasingly addressing the importance of diversity and inclusion policies, LGBTQIA+ consumers still experience instances of discrimination and stigmatization in the market. Research identifying the barriers and struggles that these consumers face is therefore imperative in order to inspire more inclusive marketplace practices. By combining bibliometric and automated text mining methods, this article systematically reviews the existing scholarship on LGBTQIA+ issues at the intersection of marketing and public policy and identifies five thematic clusters: consumer experiences, marginalized consumer identities, imagery creation in advertising, marketplace policies, and minority targeting strategies. Further, this article plots the temporal evolution of this literature domain and identifies three substantive phases: crisis, marketization, and advocacy. The outcome is a phasic framework that unpacks how the LGBTQIA+ consumer market emerged and evolved. This conceptual framework can be used to understand and strategically invigorate research that leads to more inclusive marketing and public policy efforts.

Attend-and-Excite: Attention-Based Semantic Guidance for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models

Recent text-to-image generative models have demonstrated an unparalleled ability to generate diverse and creative imagery guided by a target text prompt. While revolutionary, current state-of-the-art diffusion models may still fail in generating images that fully convey the semantics in the given text prompt. We analyze the publicly available Stable Diffusion model and assess the existence of catastrophic neglect , where the model fails to generate one or more of the subjects from the input prompt. Moreover, we find that in some cases the model also fails to correctly bind attributes ( e.g. , colors) to their corresponding subjects. To help mitigate these failure cases, we introduce the concept of Generative Semantic Nursing (GSN) , where we seek to intervene in the generative process on the fly during inference time to improve the faithfulness of the generated images. Using an attention-based formulation of GSN, dubbed Attend-and-Excite , we guide the model to refine the cross-attention units to attend to all subject tokens in the text prompt and strengthen --- or excite --- their activations, encouraging the model to generate all subjects described in the text prompt. We compare our approach to alternative approaches and demonstrate that it conveys the desired concepts more faithfully across a range of text prompts. Code is available at our project page: https://attendandexcite.github.io/Attend-and-Excite/.

Aesthetic teaching of russian as a foreign language: phonosemantic approach to the analysis of a literary text

The article deals with the issues of perception by foreign students of the sound side of the Russian language and speech, phonetic components of the organization of artistic (poetic and prose) texts that reflect the aesthetic nature of the Russian language The phonosemantic approach in the analysis of literary texts reveals additional connotative information created by a special, unique sound author’s symbolism, which serves as the key to decoding additional semantic shades, associations, author’s overtones, demonstrating creative imagery, expressiveness and uniqueness of literary texts.

How folk music induces destination image: A synthesis between sensory marketing and cognitive balance theory

Music is acknowledged as an excellent means of evoking favorable behaviors and brand image, and this research puts auditory sensory input at center stage. By drawing on sensory marketing and cognitive balance theories, it proposes a model leading from music perception to destination image through the mediation of historical nostalgia, mental imagery, and music-induced emotion. The boundary conditions of self–brand congruence and fantasy proneness are examined. Survey results point to the importance of musical sensory inputs in the mental imagery creation of a place, and it is conditioned based upon different levels of self–brand congruence and fantasy personality traits. Moreover, this research enriches the literature on music-related tourism appeal and destination image development. It also informs destination operators to better capitalize on music to provide an effective tool for enhancing destination image.

Exploring aspects of self-reported emotional mental imagery in patients with bipolar disorder

Background and objectivesCBT for patients with bipolar disorder has modest effects. Across disorders, mental imagery has been used to update CBT to increase effectiveness. In order to enhance CBT for bipolar disorder with imagery techniques, research is needed into emotional imagery quality and, related appraisals of imagery and their relationships with mood instability and subsequent behaviour in bipolar disorder. MethodsPatients with bipolar disorder (n = 106), unipolar depression (n = 51), creative imagery prone participants (n = 53) and participants without a history of a mood disorder (n = 135) completed the Dutch Imagery Survey (DImS), an online imagery survey, adapted from the Imagery Interview, assessing self-reported emotional imagery aspects. Imagery quality, appraisals and their self-perceived effects on emotion and behaviour were compared between groups. As unexpected differences within the bipolar group appeared, these were additionally explored. ResultsImagery appraisals but not imagery quality discriminated between the patient groups and non-patient groups Imagery was perceived as an emotional amplifier in all groups, but this was specifically apparent in bipolar manic and bipolar depressed groups. Only in the bipolar group imagery was experienced to amplify behavioural tendencies. LimitationsResults need to be replicated using a larger sample of patients with BD who are currently manic or depressed. ConclusionsNot only quality of imagery, but especially appraisals associated with imagery are differentiating between imagery prone people with and without mood disorder. Imagery amplifies emotion in all groups, but only in those patients with bipolar disorder currently manic or depressed did this influence behaviour.

Assessing the delivering of iMAgery-focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS) via telehealth.

To examine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel telehealth (video-conferencing software and telephone calls) imagery-based therapeutic intervention for people experiencing persecutory delusions. Utilising a multiple baseline case series design and exploring imagery-focused therapy for psychosis (iMAPS). A non-concurrent A-B multiple baseline design was used. Participants experiencing persecutory delusions and self-reporting a psychosis or schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis were recruited through online adverts. On completion of assessments, participants were randomly assigned to multiple baseline assessments, of between three and five sessions. Six therapy sessions followed, consisting of imagery formulation, safe-place imagery creation, compassionate imagery, imagery manipulation and rescripting. Participants completed pre- and post-measures and sessional measures via an online survey software or in semi-structured interviews. Two weeks post-intervention, a final measure was completed exploring any potential adverse effects of psychotherapy. Five female participants completed all baseline and therapeutic sessions, suggesting the therapy was and mode of delivery was feasible and acceptable. Results indicate strong effect sizes across PANSS positive subscale and mood, as well as participants reporting a clinically significant change in at least one measure, for example, PSYRATS. All participants reported a reduction in the realness and compelling nature of distressing imagery. Results suggest delivering a telehealth imagery-focused therapy is acceptable and feasibly delivered via telehealth. A control group and blinding of assessments would strengthen the methodological limitations present.

개념적 혼성 이론 기반 왕유(王維) 시 분석 초탐

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the poems of Wangwei (王維, 701~761) through ‘Conceptual Blending Theory’ and to examine the imagery and implications of the poems. Among the poems, the analysis was conducted by selecting four poems that used Allusion as an expression method.
 Wangwei is one of the poets that represent the Tang Dynasty. His poems that uses various themes and methods of expression, have been widely respected in the history of literature. Among the various methods of expression, Wangwei creatively used the allusion method. However, since the range of sources of allusion is vast, readers need to understand the background behind the creation of a lyric and the implications of that lyric in order to fully appreciate the poem. Accordingly, it was difficult to interpret and the author raised the need for further research.
 In order to analyze Wangwei's poems due to the unique implications of poetry and the creative use of the poet's use of the allusion method, it is necessary to understand the relationship between the superficial presentation of the words in the lyric and the intent of the lyric. This paper is meaningful in effectively explaining how creative imagery are created through ‘the Integration network’, the cognitive model based presented in the Conceptual Blending Theory.

A Study on Traditional Paper-Cut Art Endowing Products with Creative Imagery: Taking Alessi as an Example

A Study on Traditional Paper-Cut Art Endowing Products with Creative Imagery: Taking Alessi as an Example

The Joker in Iraq’s Tishreen [October] Protests

Abstract This article explores how the cultural symbol of the Joker, from the 2019 American movie Joker, first unfolded during the 2019 Iraqi Tishreen [October] Revolution as radical-gradual creative imagery both shocking and contested among Iraqi activists. Considering the visuals as modes, I argue that they first emerged as antenarrative, open to multiple interpretations. The antenarrative quickly transformed into a derogatory label perpetuating a dehumanizing anti-protest narrative by dominant powers and their militias. ‘Axis of Resistance’ media channels in Iraq and Iran have transformed the Joker label into a weapon, framing the protest movement as a narrative of grand conspiracy with the West and consequently justifying the violent crackdown by security forces. Iraqi activists then reclaimed the label in an attempt to defy that narrative. The linguistic reclamation could not erase the parties’ narrative. Instead, the two narratives have continued to compete, triggering another set of polarized labels.

Blended Experiential Learning with e-Portfolios Learning to Enhance Creative Imagination

Our research developed out of concerns about whether design students currently have enough creative imagination because of COVID-19, changing design studies to online learning. This paper describes an empirical study testing the effect of Blended Experiential Learning with e-Portfolios Learning on the Creative Imagination of design students to compare the differences in the effectiveness of design students' Creative Imagination scores. It was hypothesized that first-year design students learning through blended experiential learning with e-Portfolios would have higher Creative Imagination scores when compared to those in the control group learning by not following the format. The multistage sampling method was used to select the study population, and the sample consisted of 111 participants. The test was run in two steps, including 1) the try-out, conducted with the sample group of 45 participants using the Dependent T-Test to compare the pre-test and post-test Creative Imagination scores, and 2) the trial run, conducted with the sample group of 33 participants (learning by following the format), and the control group of 33 participants (learning by not following the format) to compare the Creative Imagination scores. MANOVA was then used to test whether at least one component of the creative imagination test scores of the experimental group was higher than the control group. The Test of Creative Imagery Abilities (TCIA) assessment was used to collect the data, which was then analysed using the T-test. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2022-SIED-03 Full Text: PDF

Democratizing Creativity by Enhancing Imagery and Agency: A Review and Meta-Analysis

Creativity is a vital topic of various educational discourses, yet the support it receives within the school system is insufficient. This chapter focuses on four particular ways of making creativity more democratized, salient, and accessible in school settings. We start by exploring the educational benefits of egalitarian theoretical approaches to creativity. Then, we posit that democratization requires an equal focus on the cognitive aspects of creative potential and the motivational sphere of self-perception and self-regulation. Third, analyzing cognitive characteristics, we pay special attention to creative imagery: an understudied yet critical aspect of creative potential. By meta-analyzing available evidence from interventional studies, we show that there are multiple effective approaches to enhancing creative imagery, so—in a sense—supporting creative potential might be democratized as well by going beyond creativity training. Fourth, and finally, we discuss the possibilities of adapting so-called wise interventions for the educational psychology of creativity. We review available evidence of how to strengthen creative confidence and the perceived value of creativity among students, and how to make their creative self-regulation more effective.

Imagery in the translations of the gazelle Nizami «Amade bud» («Came») into Azerbaijani and Russian

The subject of scientific research is the textual analysis of the translation of one of the most famous gazelles by a brilliant Azerbaijani poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209) "Amade bud" ("Came") from Persian into the Azerbaijani and Russian languages. The article discusses in detail the imagery created in these translations and their adequacy to the original, as well as a comparative semantic analysis of each beit; it interprets some situational free interpretations of the original made by translators. In each beit are analyzed the concepts on which the transmission of images is built in translation into Azerbaijani and Russian which in poetic translation include size, rhythm, a number of poetic figures and other artistic means. The study was carried out with the use of theoretical-literary and comparative-analytical methods and at the junction of literary criticism and translation studies. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that the research approach applied by the author in comparative analysis allows us to identify methods and means of rendering the high imagery of the primary source in translations of the classical gazelle into Azerbaijani and Russian by recognized poets-translators − Jafar Khandan (1911-1961) and Arseny Tarkovsky (1907-1989), which makes an undoubted contribution to the development of the basic translation problem − the adequacy of literary translation. Naturally, the concept of imagery in the three texts is expressed differently, due to the typological differences of the compared languages. The Azerbaijani language is agglutinative, while the Persian and Russian languages are inflective. Accordingly, in the comparative analysis all the linguistic subtleties of each language are taken into account in the process of poetic imagery creation as well as their adequacy. Also, a detailed textual conceptual comparative analysis of the poetic text of one gazelle in three languages − the original Persian and translated Azerbaijani and Russian − allows us to draw an important conclusion that an adequate translation fiction text is undoubtedly a work of art in itself that has a long-term aesthetic and substantive value, which makes the position of a number of translation scholars insisting on the need of updating translations irrelevant.

How reliable and valid are frequency-based originality scores? Evidence from a sample of children and adolescents

Creativity—as any other object of scientific endeavor—requires a sound measurement that adheres to quality criteria. For decades, creativity science has been criticized as falling short in developing valid and reliable measures of creative potential, activity, and achievement. Recent years have witnessed growth of theoretical and empirical works that focused on improving creativity assessment. Here, we apply one of such recently developed approaches based on item response theory to examine ideas’ and person score reliability in a divergent thinking task. A large sample (N = 621) of children and adolescents solved the Circles task from Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking-Figural and two other figural tests measuring creative thinking (Test of Creative Thinking-Drawing Production) and creative imagination (Test of Creative Imagery Abilities). By employing response propensity models, we observed that separate ideas’ reliability tended to fall below recommended thresholds (even liberal ones, e.g., 0.60) unless the sample size as well as the number of generated ideas (fluency) were large. Importantly, reliability at the idea-level affected reliability at the person-level much less than could be assumed based on recent findings. We propose a systematic perspective on divergent thinking assessment that considers responses as nested in tasks and tasks as nested in tests. Finally, we recommend that adding more tasks to divergent thinking tests might increase reliability at the test-level.

Shape and Layout Imagery Creation Based on BMI: Validation for Customization

Shape and Layout Imagery Creation Based on BMI: Validation for Customization

Сучасні системи сценічного звукового забезпечення

The purpose of the article is to review, systematize and analyze the functional characteristics of the sound supply means of stage productions. The research methodology consists of the following approaches: system-historical (to study the problem), art history (to clarify the role of the sound system in modern stage practice), structural-analytical (for the functional classification of the components of the stage sound system). Scientific novelty. In the offered research the modern sound maintenance system of theatrical and entertaining productions is considered, its basic constituent elements have been systematized and analyzed; the role of technical means in work of the sound director on sound imagery creation of production has been comprehended. Conclusions. The study found that the profession of theater sound director and entertainment productions involves, in addition to sound recording skills, selection, editing and musical montage, noise, voice and other types of sound effects in accordance with the director’s design, and the ability to work with analog and digital sound equipment. It has been established that the main elements of the stage sound equipment system include microphones, monitors, amplifiers, speakers and mixing consoles. For example, during a rock concert on stage, musicians and vocalists use different types of microphones, place combo amplifiers of their electric instruments next to musicians; monitors on the floor in front of them invisible audiences shoot from the side of the stage or hang over the portal arch mirror the stage and directed towards the listeners are portals. In the center of the auditorium is a sound engineer’s console. It has been proved that an important component of the system of quality sound design is the room’s acoustic characteristics, which must be taken into account and improved during the events organization. It has been found that with the help of modern wireless sound systems it is possible to create conditions for theatrical and entertainment events without restrictions on their acoustic characteristics.

Imagery Creation based on Autonomic System for Finite Element by using Fully Convolutional Network

For applications in Industry 4.0, a system that can analyze the deformation and stress of a target object from an image acquired by a smartphone or tablet is proposed in this paper. The process for the proposed system is more convenient for users than creating a computer-aided design model. The target objects include bridges and plant equipment, and the proposed process aims to facilitate maintenance inspections. To acquire results from this system, a fully convolutional network is employed to extract the target object from the obtained image, and density-based topology optimization is applied to produce a finite element model, which is imported to commercial software. Artificial intelligence image processing is adopted to generate the output of the finite element model for the target object. In this work, numerical examples demonstrate that the final model for the target object is accurate and appropriate for finite element deformation and stress analysis.