creative tension

British  

noun

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

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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

“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

And if you look at the history of those conversations, I mean, there’s points to be made on both sides of the conversation, but usually the most radical progress for Black communities has happened when those two things are held in creative tension.

From Slate