Out of everything we did this week in class, I believe that the most interesting thing we did was the starling activity. We were forced to use our creative sides to come up with a myth about what the starlings do. We also had to use our scientific sides to come up with a reasonable explanation of how they are able to do this. There are so many different logics to why these birds can fly in formations like this, and that is where we were all forced to use our creativeness.
When Mr. Allen showed us the video of the starlings, it made me think of how animals can do so many amazing things. I never really realized how other creatures can do so many unique things. Starlings making amazing formations was not the only thing that intrigued me. When we were told to come up with a myth, I had no ideas in my head. I was lost. I did not really know the definition of a myth.
When I think of the word myth, Greek gods automatically pop into my mind. I think myths are just the backgrounds of how and why everything was created. We all had such different ideas of a story we could make up. I am guessing this is kind of how myths were made, the Greek gods made logical assumptions of how things were created. Thinking of a myth is more difficult than it sounds. It is very hard to come up with something that is fake, yet sounds like it could actually happen.
We all have such different imaginations. I sat down with my group, and I ideas just started coming out of all of us. It is weird to think that we were all given the same original material and came up with completely different stories. In school these days, we are rarely given the chance to use our creativeness or imaginations.
When I am writing, I never become very creative. I feel like if I had the chance to use my imagination more often, it would be much greater. Just in circumstances that I encounter every day, I wish I use more of my imagination. Now, when I think of random objects or traditions etc., in the back of my mind I am going to be making a myth for why that is the way it is.
Using our imagination is key to being a creative person.
When Mr. Allen showed us the video of the starlings, it made me think of how animals can do so many amazing things. I never really realized how other creatures can do so many unique things. Starlings making amazing formations was not the only thing that intrigued me. When we were told to come up with a myth, I had no ideas in my head. I was lost. I did not really know the definition of a myth.
When I think of the word myth, Greek gods automatically pop into my mind. I think myths are just the backgrounds of how and why everything was created. We all had such different ideas of a story we could make up. I am guessing this is kind of how myths were made, the Greek gods made logical assumptions of how things were created. Thinking of a myth is more difficult than it sounds. It is very hard to come up with something that is fake, yet sounds like it could actually happen.
We all have such different imaginations. I sat down with my group, and I ideas just started coming out of all of us. It is weird to think that we were all given the same original material and came up with completely different stories. In school these days, we are rarely given the chance to use our creativeness or imaginations.
When I am writing, I never become very creative. I feel like if I had the chance to use my imagination more often, it would be much greater. Just in circumstances that I encounter every day, I wish I use more of my imagination. Now, when I think of random objects or traditions etc., in the back of my mind I am going to be making a myth for why that is the way it is.
Using our imagination is key to being a creative person.
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