Research on the creative process of an individual who is involved in creative action is underestimated. As a result, the purpose of this study is to use a phenomenological approach to explore, describe, and discover the subjective experience of creative action and to seek the essence of this phenomenon. A total of 10 participants were recruited from a southwestern private university in the U.S. In order to explore participants’ perceptions of their creativity experience, they were asked to create a collage with a creative goal, for which they were given 20 minutes. A follow-up questionnaire with five open-ended questions was sent to the participants by email. According to participants’ returned questionnaires, four broad themes emerged from the questionnaires: (a) Creative Potential: the idea that participants think of creativity; (b) Creative Process: participants’ experiences through making the collage; (c) The Utility of Collage Activity for Adult Learners: the idea that participants perceive collage for other uses; and (d) Creativity and Learning: participants’ perceptions of the relationship between creativity and learning. Even though we did not receive enough substantial responses from participants, they did provide diverse and unique voices with regard to the exercise, from past experiences to future suggestions.
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