creative tension

noun

1. a situation where disagreement or discord ultimately gives rise to better ideas or outcomes

Example Sentences

But the Seahawks surely won’t mind if Howell’s presence stirs a little creative tension.

From Seattle Times

"We call it creative tension," Marwood said.

From BBC

One can imagine what new life “Evil Dead Rise” could have injected into the franchise without those hamstrings, free of the creative tension between servicing an existing IP and reinvigorating it in the spirit of its renegade origins.

From Los Angeles Times

One can imagine what new life “Evil Dead Rise” could have injected into the franchise without those hamstrings, free of the creative tension between servicing an existing IP and reinvigorating it in the spirit of its renegade origins.

From Los Angeles Times

“She is one of the few people to combine training in couples therapy, which is about intimacy and sharing and openness, with sex therapy, which says that creative tension is required for eroticism,” said the couples therapist Terry Real.

From New York Times