Learning Unit Objectives:
- Become familiar with ways in which spirituality influences artists
- Discuss the differences between spirituality and religion
- Examine spirituality as a generative force and a well spring for creativity
Artifact #6: Creative Spirituality ( Click Here)
1.I believe that spirituality is something different and different people has different pursuit of spirituality. Spirituality should be a kind of sensory experiences. It is something that we believe in and we are willing to spend time to find the real meaning of it. We all know that one of the reasons that people is more advanced than animals is that we human have intelligence. For every single thing around us, we can have different understanding of it. However, some people want to explore themselves deeply. They will get in touch in their soul with different ways like praying, yoga etc.
2.Maybe centuries ago, spirituality is religion and there are no differences between them. During that time, religion was very important for people’s life and there were a lot of worship ceremonies that existed. Many people went to church or temple to pray and wanted to get close to God. They spent time to understand the ideas of their religion. However, spirituality still has close relations with religion nowadays. It doesn’t represent they are the same now. More and more people begin to focus on their own experience and psychological growth. They may have different understanding of something and they want to insist with their own faith or belief. Spirituality becomes something that they believe in.
3.For me, creativity is that you can turn your new ideas into act and create something that is unique or different. During our life, we are learning and understanding many things. The knowledge we get is the basis of creating. On this basis, we can expand them and find hidden patterns. Then we may have some new ideas. We will turn these ideas into reality and produce something that other people never see or don’t have. If we just have some ideas and do nothing, this is not creativity.
4.Different people has different environment, life experience. I believe creativity can come form these sources. When we read a novel, we can find that the character in the story has almost the same background with the writer. Or we all know that Beethoven was deaf in his ears, but he still created many outstanding compositions. These creations are related to his life experience. People’s environment and life experience has very important influence on them. These are the inspiration of creativity for them and then they have some new ideas depend on them. These ideas promote them to create something new.
Reflection:
From this artifact, we can know the relationships between spirituality and creativity. According to the article” Deeply seeing”, the author talk about the difference between look and deeply seeing. Deeply seeing can help us find something different from our environment. We will add some new ideas and thoughts. I believe a good art of work combine spirituality and creativity. Spirituality is something we believe in and want to stick with. When artists combine it with creativity, the work of them will have soul. Therefore, I believe these two are very important for artist.
Future:
Deeply seeing is not only important for artist, it is also important for us. It can help us to find something valuable and meaningful in life. In the future, I will learn deeply seeing and try to be someone who is good at finding something different in my life. In the meanwhile, I will learn to be creative and be stick with my own faith.
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