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Peeraya Rujjanavet
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Academic Writing and Research I
Mariejoy San Buenaventura
January 17, 2019

In what way am I creative?

From class assignment, I have read the book called “​The art of creative thinking: How to

be innovative and develop great ideas”​ , and after I finished the first two chapters, it makes me

curious about my conception of thinking in the past since the book illustrates the creativity on

humans and how people developed their ideas. I have many activities that consist to be my

creative exercise and it appoints me to the new ideas in my life.

Since I was young, my mom always told me that I have good creative thinking because I

always create and artwork from the recycle stuff at home or question about the unknown

knowledge. In the book, there is a conversation of Mr.Ford with the industrialist who really likes

his auto plants that “​Everything is here - the essence and substance is all there is​”. This depicts

that my simple creativity, was assembled from the things around me and it is also happening to

other people too. Now, that I have grown up, I realize that this skill was built in me from the way

that my parents have taught me. For example, they allow me to make my own choices and

always listen to my opinion which makes me independent to think out of the box. This skill

helped me a lot in school because when doing the group project, I can give the ideas with my

friends. According to the book, “​Your task as a creative thinker is to combine ideas or elements

that already exist”​ which indicates that the question I have been asked needed those

combinations as I see the existing object and have an inquiry about it. Moreover, I have leisure

activities that create creativity in me. I played many sports in my high schools such as soccer,

basketball, and volleyball. All this sport does not require only teamwork but also the idea to

create a strategy to win the games. Continuing from my childhood, I still work on doodle some
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arts and learned the new craft such as doing the ceramic sculpture and batik painting. My craft

work has been noticed in the book that “​Creation here is more in mind​” because there is feeling

adding with the idea in the artwork. Lastly, I love listening to music and reading an e-book in my

everyday life. I think that these are the simplest way that people can learn to be creative

because it helps me focus on my creativity while doing those activities.

There are many ways to be creative and for me, I have creativity on the way to generate

the idea or question and inventing new stuff. Personally, I feel that this skill is the most valuable

skill and very beneficial in my daily life because when I am creative, it is easier for me to solve

the problem in an easier way. Furthermore, it makes me develop my own self-awareness since I

take time with myself during the process of creativity and it leads me to become independent.