The Creativity within

I have always found myself to be the type of person who lets their mind and imagination wonder to places far beyond the naked eye's reach. I can sit for hours coming up with different scenarios and situations in my head. I have always found that I possess somewhat of a creative flare which has always been one of my strengths when it comes to writing. In high school I took a creative writing course, and soon found myself consumed in the assignments waiting anxiously to hear what the next prompt would be. It gave me a chance to be whoever I wanted to be, to put myself into the character's shoes, and escape into a new time and place. Also I benefited from a Catholic School education where grammar and diction were both drilled into my head like the screws of a cabinet. Unfortunately with strengths come weaknesses. More often than not I find myself going off topic with my writing due to my intense passion for the piece, but details should have some limitation which I still need to learn. Another one of my weaknesses is following fiction more than fact my immense imagination can sometimes cause problems with my writings that need to be more factual then imaginative.

I’d really like to learn not to second guess myself so much and just let my ideas flow because the worst that could happen is revision. I think dedicating more of time to writing would be healthy maybe to get my emotions out so that when I try to write for class my emotions don’t sway my writing as much. I also think atmosphere has a lot to do writing I think if I could find a spot that reflects the emotions of the piece I’m writing that my writing would show a greater amount of passion. I think time management is another thing I will need to improve on with my writing. Instead of waiting till the last minute I will write right away so I have more time to go through the editing process and make sure my piece lives up to all the potential I possess as a writer.

This course will help by keeping me focused on topics and narrow my choices of writing a little more than I was used to in my creative writing course which will help me stay focused and on topic instead of my usual drift. Time limits set in class will also help to make sure I don’t procrastinate, but instead start my work early and allow enough time for my fellow classmates to read and revise my writing. I think this class will be good for my writing because it will allow me to branch out into new styles, but yet let me keep my imaginative and creative flare that I’ve written with throughout all of my high school career. I also think the blog will be a good way to express my emotions in a less formal way.

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I selected this photo as my piece of art because not only is it a beautiful piece of photography it’s what I’ve spent many of my years doing, dancing. I feel that dance is one of the most exquisite types of art because it comes in so many forms, and has so many purposes. It can be cultural like Spanish Flamenco, or the traditional like the Russian nutcracker. It can be social or isolated. It expresses so much emotion so for me it’s a perfect way to describe what art is and even deeper who I am.