I feel creativity is not just about creating things or ideas or solutions, its more than that; these are mere manifestations of one's creativity.
Creativity is a small word of this big liberating philosophy on living life. It cultivates one's ability to swim when given a pool, fly when given the skies, climb when given a tree, in short creativity is the art of developing one's evolving 'gene'. The gene that will transform, and create new things and live a life richer in perspective.
Sadly, we urban dwellers have gone through a homogenising education system that has developed the inertia to change in us. This risk-adverse attitude to life or anything new, acts like a barrier between us and the infinite horizon.
Furthermore, our society has labeled creativity as something reserved solely for those with time to spare and have developed a narrow perspective of life, measured only by money. Thus ranking creativity as low as the standards allow.
However humanity still has a chance of not turning into an army of unthinking learners. The tides are changing as more and more people are now acknowledging the importance of creativity. Let's hope this that change of tide will bring about a tsunami that will engulf humanity with a surge of creativity.
Hi Devana,
ReplyDeleteHere are my comments on your idea journal:
- Good work there with your new ideas/creative outputs; breaking it down into steps made it easier to follow your process
- Like you said, your applying of creative techniques was at times unconscious, though it would be good if you could deconstruct your creative thinking process somewhat and show how you arrived at the ideas using creative thinking techniques, since this course is about the application of creative thinking, rather than a grading of creativity per se
- Reflections show sufficient depth and give some insights into your personal creative journey, though some of the posts could benefit from further elaboration as they have much potential