Lee EC #1

Kelp featuring the San Diego coastline

Road sign off of I-10

Found a boost of self-confidence while strolling the beach

Lee WR #1

    Creativity and skill are two separate things. Many people believe that they are not creative simply because they don't have a developed skill to express it. However, one can be skillfully good at painting, but lack creativity. How? Creativity is the ability to bring in new ideas. A talented painter could have just copied his work from another painting. The five traits of creativity vary from person to person. The first trait, associating, is something that hasn't come naturally to me. Usually I need someone else to tell me where the connection lies between two subjects because I have trouble doing it on my own. Through practice, I have improved my associating. The next trait, Questioning, is one that I believe everyone has. It is human nature to question things. Number three, observing is another everyone naturally has. If they can see, they can observe. The fourth trait, networking is just the ability to go out and not only share your ideas, but listen to others. I tend to keep my creativity to myself, but I love hearing the ideas of others. The last trait, experimenting, means to not be afraid of trying something out.

Chiasson WR#1

Ken Robinson once said: Creativity is putting your imagination to work, and it's produced the most extraordinary results in human culture. I personally think creativity is something you can achieve, connecting with things, getting out of a pattern in order to look at things differently, it is basically a new way of thinking. While studying creative people in several disciplines, they found five traits that define creativity: Associating, Questioning, Observing, Networking and Experimenting. These traits refer to my everyday life in so many ways. I associate so many things together, for me it is a way of learning. I am someone that question things too much, many of my friends would tell me to go with the flow and stop trying to figure everything out. Who doesn't like driving around and looking at the beauty of everything that surround us, the world is such an amazing place. Observing is the main reason I want to travel the world, to see things in search for new insights. Networking is one of the traits I prefer, I'm very social, I love interacting with people especially the ones with different cultures and different way of thinking, you learn so many new things and get to see life in different ways. Your knowledge and wisdom grows. I believe experimenting things is the only way to improve yourself, trying new things is the way you get to figure yourself out and one of the key of success to knowing who you really are. Experimenting is where you try, succeed and fail, and learn from it.

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.” this quote by Osho relates to some of the traits.

Chiasson EC #1

Endless adventure, like everyone is looking at the world with no fear. All those lines we make to get down the slopes, feeling bold.

The beauty in Jeep rides. The happiness you have when you are riding with the top off and the music loud. Everything looks better and feel better.

This picture makes me think of so many things, when I took this picture it was not just a plane wing and clouds, it was far more than only a beautiful view, it was like a hand reaching for my heart. At this moment, time stopped and I felt amazing.

Orisarayi WR#1

       Fortunately I'm bIessed enough to consider myself amongst the society of creative people. I believe that the reason I am is due to the surroundings of my early life. From as young as I can remember my house was filled with people practicing their talents as well as I, my own. My mother and father were both musically gifted and so it was almost second nature for my brothers and I to jump in and acquire the characteristic of being musically savy. My grandmother was an artist, so she felt it was necessary to teach me how to draw. My aunts were alway being industrious and creating or deigning something , and I naturally couldn't help but watch. Chaper 1 of the textbook describes the five basic creative traits to be the capabilies of associating, questioning, observing, networking, and experimenting. The few that I feel I most closely identify with are questioning, observing, and experimenting.
        I've always been considered "the rebellious kid" just because it was never possible to give me directions and expect me to follow them without explanation. The question "why" was almost an involuntary response for me. I always felt the need to understand things thoroughly. In addition to my being inquisitive, I was also quiet. Seems like an ironic pairing but I realized early on that it  was easier to realize how things worked of you just watched. Therefore, a lot of the questions I had were answered through observation. My experimenting side is one that is demonstrated through an embarrassing habit that I have. After eating with friends or family I always end up mixing the remnants of our meals together to create what I consider to be a masterpiece. I often go for the most contrasting elements and then add what I think would be complimentary to the taste. My brother has grown accustomed to being my guinea pig and almost always tastes my concoctions, and sometimes he actually likes them!

Cunningham WR #1

Creative solutions I employ within my daily activites are being curious, stepping out side of my comfort zone, seeing beyond the image, and able to evaluate things around me. I use my creative thinking not only when visualizing art or places around, but with people. When meeting new people I am often quiet, because I want to be able to read them without actually talking to them. My friends that already are familiar with the way I act believe its often strange, but always a great trait or characteristic that I have. I am always curious to know what type of person I am meeting, for example, is their personality labeled as an introvert or extrovert. Then once I get to know them better I would continue noticing the type of person they are, but I would step outside of my comfort zone and let them get to know me. I would not judge a person by how they look or the way they dress, therefore I am not only looking at their image but actually who they are. This is a strange way that I use my creative traits by evaluating anyone that I meet. Remember, anything is art! 

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We will not have class on Monday, February 8th.


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A mask is an object normally worn on the face, typically for protection, disguise, performance, or entertainment. Masks have been used since antiquity for both artistic, ceremonial and practical purposes. They are usually worn on the face, although they may also be positioned for effect elsewhere on the wearer's body.

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