(creativity part1)
creativity? what is it? where is it and how can i get more of it?
creativity. highlighting the last video about Ken Robinson's views on creativity in schools being over looked and treated as second class subjects, granted creativity is defiantly being overlooked but there are still creative people out there that struggle against adversity to allow their views to be expressed, which is one of the many definitions for creativity "
poiein" or "to make", in ancient greek times. this was the word that was used in place of somthing they didnt have "creativity" muses were thought to be the source of all poiein. in a place and a time where the word didnt even exist, the meaning and practice was still apparent everywhere.
creativity is boundaries that are broken and new ideas that are expressed. in schools today creativity is not entirely as wide spread as it should be but creativity can not be taught, a tutor can only give a pupil the space to be creative, not the tools.
(creativity part 2)
i was reading another blog recently and found that they made a comment that got me thinking. he explained that at the end of the day the science student could save lives but the dance student could only entertain. i found a link that explained there was a decision made between
International Center of University for Peace and
Brazilian Institute for Innovations in Public Health to create a day of urban peace in Toronto
(http://www.schoolswithoutborders.com/SWB/Events/CreativityUnleashed.aspx) with the use of dance festivals, painting seminars, dancing and allot of other things that get the children out of the streets in an attempt to stop them from killing each other - the city of Toronto is one of the worst effected places for street crimes, much of which are murders - which leads me to my point, a dance student could have a part in saving lives, so could the arts student.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4AqFW3wbmo Creativity is geared totally towards saving lives but it can be used to get children and adults alike to focus on something to express themselves.
(creativity part3)
as far as i can remember my start on the road to creativity began when i was about 9 or 10 and i found that i liked to break things and put them back together to make something else - mainly weapons to scare off my brother with - i once made a crossbow out of an umbrella that actually worked rather well. i really enjoyed just making things, thats sort of why i ended up doing stop motion animation as my college f.m.p. college was the biggest learning curve in creativity that i can remember as my tutor was brilliant. the way he taught was almost trickery, you didn't know he'd taught u anything until u actually got out of college and instinctively thought in a complete different way to when i entered his class on the very first day. if i didn't go to that college on that particular year (he quit his job at multimedia the next year) i wouldn't be here today and id probably be working in McDonald's right now!
(creativity part 4)
For we are God's own handiwork, (His workmanship)…that we might do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us…(Eph. 2:10).
this bible verse exposes the meaning that we are all created for a purpose and that until we find the meaning to our own existence we will always be left with the question "who am i and what am i doing with my life" in short creativity is thought to be a devine way of making people different (gods handy work) what if creativity was defined some other way by i non religious people? Would that make creativity nothing to do with got thus making us different some other way.
to the best of my knowledge world renound painter van Gogh suffered from a severe genetic disease called AIP (acute intermittent porphyria) this disease causes, psychoses, hallucinations, convulsions and paralysis. hallucinations and psychosis and the abuse of absynth wich contains a drug that causes people to see with a yellow hue (thought of as van goghs favourite color) are argued to be the cause or creation of some of van goghs "devine" paintings or creative outlets. but this is just theory. van gogh could also have been given more than his fair share of gods grace.
one day maybe creativity will be defined as an illness or gods greatness. but as far as i can tell, everyone could be very sick in their own way.
