Creativity!

Ok, so yesterday in my communications class, we watched two clips of the Ted Talk that dealt with the topic of creativity. The first clip was presented with the host , Sir Ken, who I actually find very entertaining and interesting at the same time. His talk about creativity went into details about how when we are first introduced to the world as newborn babies, we are automatically instilled with creativity. It is through the educational activities in our childhood, and adolescence that our parents put us in that take that drive away from being creative, and from children being children. I completely understand this because parents do at times tend to want to keep their children busy with school work which I can understand because they want a good life for their kids, but at the same time, you don't want to bore the children to death. Mixing some of their activities with arts, music and dance could actually improve their studies even more because it could in some way relate. The other Ted Talk was with the host Elizabeth Gilbert, though her talk about creativity was a bit different. She spoke about how when she was younger that she had always wanted to be a writer, but that many people pressured her about her work, and basically gave her no hope. With that fear that they had instilled in her, she was skeptical about her writing, however she didn't give up, and eventually she fulfilled her dreams about being a writer. I also agree with the message that she was trying to convey because in reality people do try to form as obstacles in your way, and tell you what you can or can't do. The truth is that only you know what you are capable of doing, and if dancing, music, art, writing, acting...is what truly defines you, then go for it all the way. "Dreams are real, and all you have to do is just believe in.." (Quote by Ashanti)