Connor Winkler Portfolio Reflections

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So what is creativity? Well creativity is kinda a complicated thing to think about. According to Amy Sue Nathan “creativity is acknowledging possibilities.”

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Which is a definition that I actually quite like. As somebody who has always been interested in art and creation and the process that's always been something that been very important to me. Even at a young age I always enjoyed visual arts and drawing and creating things. And especially growing up I had a lot of artist friends throughout middle and high school. And I never felt like I was on their level I never felt like I was equal with them

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I feel like maybe partially that was because visual arts wasn't really my thing per say

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 But it was the only thing that was available in the public school system for me. I feel like grade school stifles creativity quite a bit actually and even college can be a little stream lining even though there is more freedom there is generally a best way or an easiest way to do something and it's hard to avoid that. And there is such a strong emphasis on math and science not that there is anything wrong with those two subjects they’re great for those kinds of people

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But I am just not one of them.  And it Sometimes just feels like we are undervalued like people who don't really want to be apart of that kinda thing. And even as an english major 

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people are always like “oh like what are you gonna do with that.” which at this point makes me want to cut them,

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 but I mean I've just been fairly frustrated with it. 

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So can Creativity

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 even be in schools can it be learned? Oh I mean I guess I would say yeah. Even though we are using other people's work like a base in this class like I don't think that it invalidates the fact that we still being creative and interpreting that work and using it differently. Creativity doesn't have to be done in a vacuum like nobody's ever gonna not base their things off stuff they’ve seen their life like that's just how the creative process works, that's how life works. Even like the classics that we think of like shakespeare whatever the hell he based his work off of off of the work of other people's work like crazy heck we are not even sure he wrote all of his plays on his own. It's more likely he didn't and that doesn't invalidate that they’re timeless classics. But I felt like this class was a really good stepping point for creativity being a learned thing or a thing that can be not taught but facilitated maybe? It was really fun to explore creation without the pressure of having I guess you'd say to like make this wholly original thought. Cause I don't know in the future I'd like to be able to have a career that allows me to create things that I'm proud of. I'd really like to be able to write maybe not as an author per say cause I'd like a little more job stability than that. But maybe for fun and just get published on the side or something like that. I just feel like writing its one of the few things I like that I actually have like a skill set for. And I'd really like to utilize that

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 at some point with my life. I’ve considered like working with film or like video games not with the coding aspect but with the writing aspect of it. And I don't know it's just a constant struggle I guess I feel like, I don’t feel like I’m good enough to be able to do that and I really enjoy being able to explore.

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The process of creating a thing no matter what it is an epoem an essay whatever. In this class without the pressure just like I don't know as like part of the credit hours cause a lot of I mean a lot of classes have been gen eds up to this point where they are like do your math problems ok do go to lab it's just not something that interests me this was far more of a class that I would want to take  Even though it was technically required for my major haha. So to wrap up I will quote from 

(4:58) Quote of Rollo May appears on the screen  “Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.”

Rollo May and The Courage to Create. “Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

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Thank you.