Category Archives: Unit 07

There are a lot of different things that people could define as spirituality. Some people might think its the things they believe in, others might think its a sense of connection with the environment. For me, spirituality is more of a sense of self. Being able to really understand one’s self seems to be a more difficult task than it was a few hundred years ago. In today’s culture, there are so many different things that can help define a person: sexuality, religion, occupation, etc.. I think that spirituality is a definitive idea of who you are and being able to accept that and portray that means being more spiritual.

Many people might relate spirituality with religion. Those people might view spirituality as a connection with their religion, so for me, I would argue that spirituality can be religious. For me, spirituality doesn’t have anything to do with religion, but I cannot say spirituality is not religious because I feel that many people do feel it is religious. For me, as I said earlier I feel spirituality is more a connection with an individual’s self. However, I do understand reasons why spirituality is religious, even if I do not think that it is.

I define creativity as someone’s ability to think or create something that is original and unique to them. This doesn’t necessarily mean that they have to create a work of art, but even coming up with an interpretation of an existing piece of art that not many other people may have came up with can be creative. Creativity isn’t limited to art, I think that people can be creative in many different ways. I think people can be creative in the way they think, especially if they think outside the box. Being able to create something original, whatever it may be, is what I would define as creativity.

I don’t think their is any one source of creativity. Some people might find their own creativity in their head while other people’s creativity may be inspired by the things around them. Every person if unique to themselves and their source for creativity is equally unique. For me, I would say that m creativity starts in my head, and is shaped by what is going on around me. I seem to have a knack for finding interesting things around me and thinking of some way to make it a game or a joke, so things like these start in my head, but are shaped by the environment I am in.

I felt that the reading this week was pretty insightful. I felt that the author had a few quotes that made me stop and think about what he was saying. The first quote that stood out to me was when the author determined the difference between just looking at something versus actually seeing something. Grey stated that, “Seeing occurs when our attention is arrested by a person, object, or scene.” (72).  For me, this quote really stood out because the age that we live in, it does seem that a lot of us might not take the time to actually see what is going on around us. With most college students moving 1,000 mph every minute trying to balance school, work, and a social life, it seems like the world outside of those three things go by unnoticed sometimes. So this quote stood out quite a bit and intrigued me more throughout the rest of the reading.

I was also drawn into the small paragraph about the third chakra. (98). Types of art that force the audience to think deeply and allow those people to develop intellectual interpretations have always struck me as interesting. This short paragraph didn’t have a lot of information, but it did give me a couple of artists who I might try to look out for in the future. I also found the point about how we can develop new interpretations of paintings by learning more about the history of the painting and the artist who created it. (102). Ultimately I found the whole article rather insightful and opened up a lot of different trains of thought that can be applied to everyday activities.