Artifact 6: Creative Spirituality
Objectives:
1. Become familiar with ways in which spirituality influences artists
2. Discuss the differences between spirituality and religion
3. Examine spirituality as a generative force and a well spring for creativity
Original Post:
1. How do you define “spirituality”?
“Spirituality” is the word that both familiar to me. I said it is familiar to people because no matter what kind of color and what kind of cultural background a person has in the life of their own that they have the same thought about spirituality. The most common and deepest question that human ask could make various interpretation and answer with leaving many works full of wisdom and imagination. Spirituality is different from different people. Sometimes, it could be a feeling on something or someone. This can stimulate people’s idea. At this time, we can call it spirituality.
2. Does spirituality differ from religion?
I think spirituality from different people can be same or different. It seems to be more or less such as what the origin of the universe is, what the essence of life is, and what a kind of ultimate power (such as God, etc.) or value (e.g., truth, love, etc.)does not exist. If so, how can we find him and know him. If he does not exist, then what the meaning of my existence is. This is one of the most common human experience, it is also how the theme of many literature, film and television works; In addition, any kind of traditional culture in the world, both the east and the west, religious or nonreligious, will be the core which pay most attention to person’s spiritual. I said it is different because many people are affected by religion when they were young. On this point, spirituality can be different.
3. How do you define “creativity”?
Creativity is a kind of comprehensive and unique human skill. Whether a person has the creativity, it can distinguish people how is a first-class talent or third-rate talent. It is optimized by knowledge, intelligence, ability, and excellent personality traits. Creativity can generate new ideas, discovery and it also has the ability to create new things. For example, to create a new concept, new theory and update technology. Inventing new equipment, new methods, new works are a sign of creativity.
4. What is the source of creativity?
One source is knowledge. Absorbing and consolidate knowledge, mastering professional and practical technology, the accumulation of practice experience, the expanded aspect of knowledge and use knowledge to analyze problems, is the foundation of creativity. Intelligence is also important to creativity. The unique observation, highly concentrated attention, efficient and lasting memory and flexible operation are made by high intelligence. Personality is another source to creativity. It can make people have never satisfied enterprise, strong thirst for knowledge, indomitable will and independent thinking.
Reflection:
For me, I really do not know how to define this. Most time I realized that just for finishing some work and be forced to get creativity. Sometimes people need knowledge, intelligence, ability, and good personality to mix them and then get creativity or spirituality. It need people to have experience in their lives. However, it also has other ways to get creativity. For different people, creativity and spirituality can be different.
This picture showed above is talking about a naked men in desert with a carrot. As we know, if this man keep running, he could get oasis. Creativity saved his life because never palpable carrot made him keep running after it. This gave the man energy to run and also gave him hope to survive.
Future:
For me, I will use my everything to get creativity to rich my life. I will get more knowledge and study more hard. At the same time, I will learn others’ creative ideas and thoughts. I should be the man who open his brain to absorb every useful things.