Brave New World

"Although art involves creativity, creativity does not perhaps involve art" (Hughes, 177). Doesn't that just bring everything around full circle?

I remember this discussion from the beginning of the semester, of this class. I wanted to touch on it again now that things are winding down. After everything we have discussed, everything we have analyzed, I could not agree with that statement more. Art most definately involves creativity; it requires creativity in my opinion. But there is no way to say that creativity requires art. I can see the creativity in everything I do. What I say in class or murmur under my breath takes creativity. I pull all kinds of resources together in everyday activity to create something new. Writing this blog is creative but may not be described as art. Driving to school can be creative. Eating dinner can be creative. EVERY DAY is creative, but no one would catalog my life as living art.

I want to reflect on the semester in general, seeing as this is our last blog. I came into this class expecting something completely different. I don't know how to describe what that preconception was, but this was not it. I know we still have a few weeks, but the bulk of our discussion is over, and that is what affected me. My mind had been completely closed to some of the ideas presented. As I said in the beginning, I didn't buy some of these outlandish ideas. As the semester progressed and peices of my own life clashed with ideas and theories from this class, my speculation began to melt. I was scared of judgement, but now I realize that those judgements would be biased, misled, and ignorant.

I've had a lot of fun in this class.