Creativity is something that I think has sort of shaped the world to what it is today. Honestly, take a moment to take a look around. Everything you see was started from someone's creative light bulb. That chair in the corner, the bed, and even my dog (cockapoo..some breeder had to come up with the mix right?) all came from a sudden burst of creativity. I think that without it, everything would be a little duller, the day would be a little less bright, and our minds would constantly be running on autopilot. Creativity is the pure essence that I like to thrive off of. I have a horrible time reading books like textbooks because they are pure facts and the languages used is so didactic and not alluring to me at all. When it comes to poetry, the creativity just spills off the page and it makes it a lot easier for myself to read.
When it comes to creative writing, that's when I like to have my fun. Writing creatively has no limits, no boundaries, you just write. There are no wrong ways to write when it comes to being creative because every way that you write is your way unless you feel the need to copy other people's work which is frowned upon in most societies ; ). Being creative shows that someone is unique and allows them to display their individuality. I could sit here and write huge words out on this little blog and completely confuse all the readers, but I think that would probably be a good example of a double speak form in which someone, most likely a politician, takes to time to use huge words integrated into their sentences so well that they lose the audience completely because they are incapable of keeping up with all the bedazzled words. If I were to do that I would lose who I was along with those long confusing words. I like to keep things short and sweet. I often read newspapers and magazines where people try to use all these huge words INCORRECTLY, and I have to admit that that is one of the reasons why I try to keep things simple. I believe that if you don't know what something means, look it up, don't try to wing it. Sure it may show some spark of creativity, but so will making up your own words and that will surely not be acceptable in college papers, I promise. Basically, I think that we need creativity in not only our writing, but also every aspect of our lives because if not things would get terribly boring. We need to keep things changing so that we can open ourselves up to new experiences and keep our minds open to new thoughts.
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Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this post. I like how you stuck with using smaller, simple words. I really think it helped keep me interested in reading everything you wrote. I do believe that if you had started using big, complicate words I would have lost interest and might have stopped reading. I completely agree with you on reading textbooks. I really have a hard time reading textbooks and usually don’t do so, this usually hurts my grades a little but I can’t seem to get myself to concentrate long enough to get anything out of the text. As far as creative writing, such as poetry, I have problems reading as well. I do not know why I have such a hard time reading poetry but I think it might be because I do not have the ability to write poetry. Most people might say that everyone has the ability to write poetry but I have never had success with it. Ever since Kindergarten I have struggled with writing poetry. I know many people that that have trouble with writing poetry who would like to be better at it but I am not one of those people. Because I am too much of a logical person I have a hard time with creativity and do not think I would really write poetry even if I was good at it.
Rachel
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog. I agree that life without creativity is very boring. I believe creativity of each person is like person’s own character; everybody has different style and unique. You seem to enjoy expressing your creativity especially through poetry, which sounds very good. I am sometimes bit shy to show it since it strongly reflects my personality. I would be extremely shy to do so in writing, however, I would enjoy showing my creativity through music. As you point out, “There are no wrong ways to write when it comes to being creative because every way that you write is your way unless you feel the need to copy other people's work which is frowned upon in most societies.” I think this is uniqueness and the best part of creative work; nobody has rights to deny our creativity! It would be interesting if we get totally creative assignment such as write our original story; I would be interested in reading those. But I believe almost all assignment is creative work, since there is some liberty in word choices, or choices in topics…etc; not all assignment from every individual turns out the same; there is some part creativity can be expressed even though there are some regulations in the assignment. So hopefully, I can find joy of expressing creativity even in the assignments. I really agree with your conclusion sentence of the blog that “We need to keep things changing so that we can open ourselves up to new experiences and keep our minds open to new thoughts.” I believe this openness is very important in development of creativity.
Hi Amanda,
ReplyDeleteYour blog is great. Creativity is all around us. You can see it from everyday life. I like how the way you incorporated the examples from the text into your own writing. It’s our talent and open minded to show everyone our uniqueness when it comes to creativity. We all have a different aspect that we can contribute to society. I agree with you when you say you have a horrible time reading textbook… I’m the same. I also agree with you that creative writing is free. You can express your own feeling to anyone and the freedom to write anything you want. A big sometime confused most of us because we don’t use that word in our everyday life, so therefore we don’t understand the meaning sometime we have to look it up. But it’s also our fault that we don’t know what it mean not the speaker or the writer, they just write in their own language doesn’t expected you to understand. College student like us always keep it in simple word so other can understand what we try to say. Though we also use a little creativity in our writing everyday to make it interesting and fun. Your blog is well thought. Keep it up!
Andy