How do I create?

When watching and discussing the Ken Robinson TED talk, I noticed that he is right when he said that Art is never at the top of the important list in the education system and it is the same all over the world. Why is it that Math and Science are always mandatory, but Art or other creative courses are always electives that you can take only if you want to? I have never wanted to know the angle of a shadow that hits the ground from a building and I never will, it doesn’t matter to me. Another thing that I noticed is how schools make kids scarred to make mistakes. They make them learn a bunch of subjects that they will probably never use in real life and everything has to be perfect. If kids weren’t so stressed about doing everything perfect the first time and just to get it out the way, they might be able to relax a little and actually learn something.

When listening to the excerpted 100 Habits, I thought there were some that really related to me. The ones that did are: look at the everyday world for inspiration, watch videos of comedians, change your environment, and you are what you eat. Look at the everyday world for inspiration because when ever I get stuck on a project if I go watch a movie or do something totally un-related to what I was doing it always gives me new ideas. Watch videos of comedians because comedians take situations that seem normal and make them funny giving you a different perspective on things. Change your environment because if everything is the same, how will you be able to see things in different views. Finally, you are what you eat because knowing what goes into food to make it taste good and guessing things that may also taste good can be very creative.

This could mean that my creative process is about guessing and trying things over and over until I get it right. My creative process is about making mistakes and learning from them. I am the most creative when I am not trying to think about anything and just go out and do something and than reflect on it later. I design the best from looking at what others have done and what is going on in the world and than applying what relates.