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- 1. THE CREATIVE PROCESS By: Ashley Michel
- 2. WHY IS CREATIVITY IMPORTANT? • Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind” (Video): Pink encourages us to find our truest selves. Society tends to put a restriction on our internal voice. • We should do what makes us happy and find ways to live our best lives • 6 Fundamental Human Abilities that Matter Most: Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, Meaning This is an aerial shot from the plane. It represents the thing I love to do most: travel.
- 3. A POEM FOR MY GRANDMOTHER The loss of my grandmother was not an easy time for me. I was able to use my real life experience to create the poem “I’m Waiting” to express how I felt about the death of someone who was so dear to me.
- 4. ELEMENTS OF CREATIVITY • Uniqueness • Open-Minded (No intelligence needed • Stepping Out of Comfort Zone • Passion • Self-Discovery • Persistence • Ability to Push Limits • Can Face the Pain of Rejection • Disciplined • Open to “playing” and trust This is an image of me stepping out of my comfort zone. I went fishing for the first time in October and I was never a fan of eating fish, so catching some was never in my mind. I was invited to go and ever since, I’ve gone back twice and discovered it is something I enjoy doing.
- 5. THE NATURE OF CREATIVITY • We create to see new things, new relationships, and create novel things • Must NOT create for external recognition • Creativity can be taught at a young age and we must allow children to be themselves without shutting them down. Adults can learn from kids instead, but realizing that children do not think about limits. • Synesthesia – common in artists, poets, novelists, and other creative people- they have the ability to engage in metaphorical thinking and linking unrelated ideas • Beauty is not in the eye of the beholder. It is in what moves us personally. • Our brains in the meditative state allows us to be self-aware, which allows us to produce creatively. • Our brains defines and connects us to the world and the individuals around us. I took this image at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I grew up in that neighborhood so my visits there remind me of my childhood.
- 6. HOW ART MADE THE WORLD THEORY • Without images, life would be impossible and the world would be unrecognizable • We create to make representations of the things around us. • The Creative Explosion: Humans have been around for 15,000 years, but we didn’t begin to create until 35,000 years ago. • Images in the past consisted of animals • Culture has influenced individuals in the past of their paintings by using their vision. Visions allow for the creation of ideas. • Imagery has flourished due to our ancestor’s realization that lines, shapes, and colors could capture the world. I took these images this past weekend at the Magic of Lights show at Jones Beach. The candy canes and the lights are a symbol of the Holiday season.
- 7. HOW ART CAN INVOKE DIFFERENT EMOTIONS • Two individuals can look at the same image an have a completely difference experience or emotion. • It is important to have our unique experience with images without trying to interpret what the artist is trying to capture. • Our interpretation of an image may be completely off from the vision of the artist. • We have all visited the MoMA virtually or physically and many of us experienced different emotions for the same images which signifies that we are all unique beings I took this picture on a past trip to Trinidad. One may look at this and see beauty, but when I look at it, it makes me frightened due to a negative experience I had kayaking at this beach.
- 8. LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY • Landscape should be appreciated as something that’s not permanent, but evanescent • Landscape is perception rather than analytical interpretation. • For Ansel Adams, landscape photography should be something that can give us a sense of community, connection, and home. • These scenes can represent a greater reality of our non-everyday experiences. • Landscape photography represents the beauty of nature that we may fail to recognize • Planned and Found Landscape This image was taken at Prospect Park in Brooklyn. I feel serenity every time I look back at this image
- 9. A LANDSCAPE IMAGE TAKEN BY ME I was stuck in traffic while I took this picture and I was looking at the sky and it was the perfect representation of my mood. The sky is very dim and it is reflecting over the branches. Looking at this image makes me feel very calm and relaxed.
- 10. WHAT IS MUSIC? • Music can be an escape, entertainment, or a representation of our many different moods • Tone languages: the way a phrase is said can denote different meanings, which makes absolute pitch hard to decipher • Music can be expressed in different ways • Music influences dopamine production depending on whether we like what we hear or not • EMI finds a pattern of music which allows composers to create their own creative pieces I went on a cruise and one of the nights consisted of Latin themed music.
- 11. THE IMPORTANCE OF MUSIC • Our every day experiences involve music; it is not simply plugging in headphones and playing our favorite songs. The honks of a car or a train pulling into the station can be music • Music impacts the brain positively when we hear something that is pleasing and vice versa. • Oliver Sacks preferred Bach over Beethoven; in another instance he felt no emotion for both. • Individuals with Tourette’s Syndrome use music as focus and organization as it removes chaos. • Music helps to recover the damaged brain function by activating parts of the brain that are nearby • Music is a means for survival The music of rain
- 12. CONGA DRUMS On my trip to Haiti this past summer, I took a dance class. I am not depicted dancing to the beat here, but this is what was being played as I was dancing. Typically, a two-step is danced. The second video shows other people dancing to it and they are swaying their arms to the beat.
- 13. A TYPE OF MUSIC: JAZZ • Jazz originated in New Orleans, but is important in America’s history • All jazz musicians have the ability to create on the spot. • Jazz artists are concerned with praising their individual expression • Jazz is a liberating force • “Jazz is the assassination, the murdering, the slaying of syncopation” • Jazz artists must take risks because they are creating on the spot and they are expressing spontaneous emotions of the heart.
- 14. A HAITIAN JAZZ CONCERT I attended a Haitian Jazz concert just before summer ended in Flushing and I thought it was amazing how they put a twist on Jazz. The music just makes me want to get up and dance. I typically do not like jazz, but the beat reminded me of traditional Haitian music. The conga drums is my favorite. The variety of instruments adds to the excitement along with the vocals.
- 15. WHAT IS DANCE? • Dancing is a means to a spiritual connection for the self. • Dancers must be honest individuals that possess courage • Dance does not always have to be accompanied by music. • Dancing is a way to tell a story. • Dancers are considered athletes although dance must be considered aesthetically pleasing . • There are no physical limits to communicating through dance. Even those who are disabled can express themselves through specific movements that are unique to them.
- 16. DANCE COMMUNICATION • Dance can be used in place of the traditional PowerPoint. • Dance is more efficient in relaying information as it is easier to comprehend. • PowerPoints are a threat to the global economy • Dance helps to solve our complex problems • The technology of the body through physical thinking: body-to-body transfer, individuals as objects, task-based method • Our bodies can be the transformation of energy • Symbiosis by Pilobolus represents the symbiotic relationship between two organisms which seems almost harmful and can be interpreted as a love connection.
- 17. HOW TO PRACTICE CREATIVITY • Think, think, think…. • Mediate • Experience Periods of Silence • Be More Exposed to Nature • Do What You Love This is an image of me doing what I love the most, reading.