As far as I can make out, ‘creative-intuitive’ is a new profession.
So, if you are interested in changing your profession by moving into a bold new one—read on.
I discovered this expression ‘creative intuitive’ in an article in The Australian newspaper (actually it was a reprint of a Wall Street Journal article).
In the course of the piece the writer told us about ‘Lisa Ruby Rosman, a Brooklyn-based creative intuitive whose clientele includes artists as well as entrepreneurs, physicists and architects who are struggling with their life choices.’
Look at that sentence again—it seems to make out that ’creative-intuitive’ is a job, a profession, someone could choose to take up—as in, ‘I think I’ll be a hairstylist, no, on second thoughts I’ll be a creative-intuitive.’
Which leaves us to puzzle exactly what a creative-intuitive is, and what they do (and according to the quote from the WSJ they get paid to do it!)
Separately the words are not puzzling.
‘Creative’ is recorded in English from the early 1500s, with the meaning of: ‘involving imagination or original ideas as well as routine skill or intellect.’
Which is clear enough, we all know what ‘creative’ means.
‘Intuitive’ comes from much the same period and means ‘mentally looking at something, contemplating something.’
Although these days I suspect we think of ‘intuitive’ has being more like instinct than rational thought.
In fact, the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English explains ‘intuitive’ in these words: ‘an intuitive idea is based on a feeling rather than on knowledge or facts.’
I’m starting to feel sorry for those artists, entrepreneurs etc. who are going to this person for help with their life choices and end up being guided by feelings rather than knowledge or facts.
Leaving out knowledge and facts never strikes me as a particularly good idea.
According to one website: 'Creative-Intuitive refers to the ability to generate new ideas or insights without relying on conscious reasoning. It involves a subconscious process where individuals can quickly identity valuable or useful creative ideas, often described as "gut feeling" or instinct.' So perhaps this person who calls herself a ‘creative-intuitive’ should change her job title to ‘gut feeler’ (although, I suppose, that might put off some would-be clients).
So, that’s as far as I got in my investigation into this new job title—it seems to involve paying little attention to knowledge or facts and turning off conscious reasoning.
Perhaps you’d better stick to your current profession!
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