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Julia Figliotti

Course video 66 of 80

In this module, we will be featuring the skill "Put Ideas into Context". This skill is about putting smaller parts or experiences into a larger framework, or putting things together in meaningful ways. This is the perfect skill with which to bring our MOOC to a close. During this module, and as you continue on with your Everyday Creativity experiences, we would like you to think about everything that you have learned throughout this course. Try to apply the lessons to your everyday life. Remember, the learning doesn't end with this course! Creativity is a skill that can be constantly developed -- all you have to do is put what you've learned into context! As you go through this module's lessons, we would like you to consider the following things: * How might you apply what you have learned in this course to your everyday life?* When deliberately employing this skill, do you feel more creative? We encourage you to keep this description handy, as we will be asking you to apply this skill throughout the module.Ready? Let's get started!

Creativity is an essential skill for the 21st Century that is innate in all people and can be nurtured. We constantly need new and better ideas for almost every aspect of our professional and personal lives. The goal of this course is to help you recognize, develop and act upon the creativity that you already possess. We will accomplish this using three methods: b aware, b inspired, and b creative. Upon completion of this course participants will: Recognize the inherent creativity in yourself and others. Identify characteristics of a creative person that relate to yourself. Develop creative problem solving skills using the basic elements of the creative process. Examine qualities of a creative environment in real world settings. Evaluate an idea using the creative product criteria.

Impartido por:

Dr. Cyndi Burnett
Associate Professor
Dr. John F Cabra
Associate Professor

Transcripción

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Well when I was in undergraduate school as a writing major I was kind

of forced to write a certain amount of pages for class.

[LAUGH] And I'd had this idea a couple years before after seeing

an album cover and then, you know, about three seconds of a music video.

And I really wanted to write it down and make it a story.

But other than those three seconds I had no idea what it was going to be about.

And once I got this assignment I sort of had to write the story because

I needed to fill forty pages and I had nothing to write.

So I kind of went back into that idea and

just brought out the story that I had been waiting to write for however many years.

And at the end of it I ended up submitting it and getting it published in a magazine.

Well the interesting thing about this one is I was really under a lot of pressure.

And I know that there is a lot of research about intrinsically

motivated people being much more creative but

at this point I was forced to do something that I had been putting off for a while.

And it was just, I felt like I was in crunch time.

And I felt really invigorated, and I really felt everything.

You know, at first I started saying, I'll write this many pages a day, but

after a couple days I was just writing and writing because I had to and

because I wanted to.

Well, [LAUGH] it started a couple years before I actually wrote it like I said.

Just kind of getting the idea.

And I'm sure I could say that it was incubation period, for about three years,

where I just didn't write anything, but it wasn't.

I think it was probably just kind of laziness where I knew I

didn't have to write it.

But ultimately, you know, I got that you have to do this by this date,

and I started writing.

You know, I'll write two pages a day, I write five pages a day.

And I started off forcing myself to do it.

And I, you know, I would show it to my mom who's always been my biggest

critic in writing because she's not afraid to tell me this sucks.

[LAUGH] But after a while, you know, she started giving me really positive feedback

and I started writing more, and more, and more just because.

So once I started getting really into it there wasn't really a process anymore.

It was just, I'm on a roll, I have to keep going, or I got an idea,

I have to sit down and write this down.

I had 40 pages to write and I didn't have anything to fill it with.

I think one of the main ones was I didn't how it was going to

end until I wrote the ending, so it was a surprise for everything.

And I think that's a huge thing about creativity, is when you can make something

that surprises yourself that's when you know it's completely cr, creative,

because if you didn't see it coming, most people wouldn't have either.

Well originally it was just kind of driven.

Here's what I have to do, may as well get it done.

That's how I approach a lot of, well, that's how I

use to approach a lot of school assignments was here's the assignment,

here's the deadline, I can get it done before then and then relax.

So it was kind of, just a, get 'er done kind of mindset.

But then as I kept going it got really invigorating.

I got really excited, and my mindset was more about,

I have to do this because I want to and because it's finally happening.

So it started out as being kind of forced and

by the end of it it was completely just excited, happy and natural.

I would have to say just do what you think makes you most creative.

Like I said, I mean, there are books, there's research everywhere saying here's

the characteristics of a creative person, here's when people are most creative.

And it gives all of these statistics, it gives all of this information, but

the only thing is that that's for people that's not for you.

So, if you have something that makes you creative,

if you work better with extrinsic motivation,

you work better under pressure or you work really well when people tell

you that you're never going to be able to do it put yourself in that environment.

Make sure you have that motivation and just do what you do.

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