Creative repetition or why to sing an old song?

The article deals with a question, if repeated actions can be considered as creative acts. Therefore the article is aimed at widening and changing the concept of creation. By analyzing several concepts particularly important to the modern thinking and their relationship, the author investigates why creativity is attributed solely to production of artistic works as unique, individual objects. By selecting an example of an ancient song from a popular hymnal, the author attempts to show that singing as an act of everyday religious practice embodies a different sort of creativity than creation of an artistic work. This sort of creativity is an unrepresentative one, aiming not at expressing the important content through the most appropriate form, but rather at establishing and preserving the religious attitude of the singer. This attitude presents a unique, not a unified bearing, which is achieved precisely by repeating such an activity pattern, which is presented by an individual song. The act of singing is suggested to consider as an example: similarly, creativity can be asserted to be present in other repeated human actions as well. Thus, traditional handicraft, various folklore genres and various everyday practices can also be considered in the same wayVytauto Didžiojo universiteta