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I feel that I’m able to be creative pretty often especially when I’m doodling in class or daydreaming. But then again it’s creativity that only I see most of the time and something I don’t really show to anyone else. Another opportunity I get to be creative is when professors assign papers or projects because it still requires me to use my creativity to imagine and think about what my paper/project will look like or to have an idea for it so I have something to start on.
One thing I noticed about “Education and the Changing World of Work” video is that the speaker keeps talking about how important the “left-brain world” was and how much more the “right brain” matters now and how it is more important that the left. I somewhat disagree on this, I think both brains are equally as important and that there should be no time frame in which one part of the brain is more important than the other; they are part of the same important organ. Daniel Pink says that the right brain abilities now matter more. Sure the right brain lets people think of new an creative ideas that no one has ever though of. To make that idea work one must use the left brain’s logic, analytical skills and facts to make sure it’ll work. For example car concepts, people who designs cars first use there right brain to form concept with their creativity but in the end it’s the left brain that makes sure if this concept will work and will not cause any injuries.
Pink also talks about education, though I don’t really pay attention to education policies. I feel that the education system should give children more opportunities to use their creativity and not stress children out with so many facts. From what I remember only in Pre-K up to 2nd grade I had a lot of opportunities to use my creativity. After it was all math, English and history and exams on these topics, not much creativity use for the three.
Lastly, “living with ambiguity” is something I can endure because I believe in life there is a lot of ambiguity. This does not necessary mean I like it. I feel that it is okay to not know something from time to time. An example of ambiguity that I’m okay with is cliffhangers they always make me want to know more and it bothers me the author just leaves the readers off like that. Even so I feel that with this ambiguity it fuels our creativity and lets us create our own ideas from that situation. I do not find it exciting to be confused because I don’t understand how am I suppose to be excited about something I don’t understand?

I feel like I am able to be creative everyday but what the creativity is applying to is what matters. Creativity to me is not just thinking of things and using my imagination to create something out of the blue but also analyzing a specific situation and using what is presented in front of me to create new thoughts of my own and how I choose to analyze what the next step is. Each of us are creative in our own right every day because we see the world through our own eyes and we have to think about what we are going to do with this input of information. Creativity sometimes just comes out on its own when you have that spark of an idea that just pops into your head like an “ahah!” moment. You may try to be creative by seeing how other people do things and then try to come up with your own approach in figuring out the same answer or solution. Creativity may also just come from a random moment when images start forming in your head and they begin building themselves into a bigger picture. Creativity makes itself apparent throughout every day of your life because it’s that unexpectedness even to yourself that makes something special come alive. You didn’t think that you had it in you but once it’s brought to fruition, you can be proud of the fact that your creativity is unlike any other person’s.

I think sometimes I feel comfortable living in ambiguity because it allows you to interpret the situation in your own terms and how it applies to your own life. You can’t know every detail about every piece of information that is in the world because your brain might turn to mush but this gives you the opportunity to keep exploring and thinking of alternative scenarios which can be creative. I feel that it is okay not to understand something from time to time because that allows me to try to come up with an answer or explanation on my own and also discuss with others what they think about it. This exchange of thoughts and opinions helps all of us gain new perspectives so that even though we may not have thought of that before and may not agree with it, we can understand that there are other arguments in how to interpret the facts presented in front of us. Sometimes it is kind of exciting to be confused because that just gives us greater incentive to figure it out on our own or with the help of others. We have that thirst for education and knowledge because it is embedded within us that we need to know what stuff is about and why it has to be that way. If we understood everything in this vast universe of information, we would all be living boring lives of repeating everything that we know and trying to come up with something new to figure out and discover.