The End is Nigh

To all of the millions of faithful readers of this blog, I say, with heavy heart, that this is my last post. For it, my lovely and talented professor would like for me to answer the following questions: How have your views toward creativity and Creativity changed this semester? Discuss an uncomfortable moment/assignment for you because you had to expand your creativity.

Well, let's see. I never knew that there were so many people who study and report on creativity. I guess I thought that it's a concept that people just kind of accept and usually appreciate, but no more than that. I can't say that I am a fan of the idea of scientifically studying and labeling something that seems to have very little to do with science. A romantic at heart, I like to think of creativity as I think of love: it happens, the real thing doesn't happen to everybody, and people know it when they experience it.
If causing discomfort was a goal of my lovely and talented professor, I'm sorry to say that she did not achieve it. This probably has a lot to do with the sort of professor she is. In the past, she seemed to appreciate my wacky outlook and sometimes bizarre way of interpreting things, so I felt confident that I would do well here. Another thing to consider is that it's pretty difficult to make me uncomfortable, especially when merely asking me to expand my creativity. If she had filled the classroom with creepy staring strangers, or continuously burned me with matches, I would have experienced discomfort. Alas, she did not. The most uncomfortable moment in the whole semester came when I had to do jumping jacks in front of several people, but that had more to do with my concern about my choice of bra that day than anything else.
Overall, I enjoyed this class immensely and was excited about the assignments. The time that I spent working on the assignments for this class was never spent wondering how I was going to get something done, but wondering which one of my ideas to use. That was refreshing. Lots of classes feel like a load to bear, but this one felt like a challenge to which I had to rise!