CREATIVITY

Today in class, we viewed Raul Cuero’s interview with Patricia Gras. He explained the nature of his childhood and how that effected his journey to where he is today. He highlighted that people are hesitant to take risks when others tell them not to. This fear is sometimes detrimental to their success and can lead them down a path that is more unsuccessful than the path they originally wanted to take.

He was asked if children were in a disadvantage today because of the technology that they have compared to what he had when he was a child. My opinion on this is that controlled technology can help children find their passion. Growing up, I was horrible at drawing and painting and I hated going to art class because I was insecure about my lack of talent. When I came to college, I started working on Adobe programs like InDesign and Photoshop. This was my 'creative passion' and I wish that I could've start working on programs like these in grade school. I would much rather have taken a class on these programs than go to an art class where I was miserable. I truly believe that exposing children to technology can aid them in finding things that interest them, and they should be exposed to as much as they can at a very young age.

During his interview, he recalls something that his grandmother used to say to him: "Be good, and respect people". This is a lot like the advice my mother used to give me growing up. Respect is something that is hard to get back after losing it. I've always tried my best to greet everyone in my life with respect and kindness, because that is the treatment that I want to receive from others.

He also says that the problem with American education is that intellectual culture in academia has been lost. He said that children spend too much time on computers and not enough time out in nature - I both agree and disagree with this. Like a stated earlier, I think that technology is a positive tool for children. On the other hand, I think that being in nature is one of the most stress relieving things you can do for yourself.

In the article, connections between creative ideas and brain scans told scientists that they could potentially guess the level of creativity of a person based on scans of their brains. "High-creative" networks showed persons with a high ability to think of creative ideas (using a sock as a filtration device vs using a sock to warm up feet). This theory was later backed up when the brain scans of musicians and artists also showed very "high-creative" scans.