Week 4 Reading Reflection

1. I wasn't surprised by what the chapter said this week. I'm in IA and my teacher was the one who told me about how everyone is creative one way or another. The different definitions found in the chapter were new to me though, so I did learned something.

2. I am confused at how muddling concepts are a completely bad thing. Sometimes it is good to stop and critique yourself and say that something will not work out. It stops you from investing in a project that was set for failure in the first place. At the same time, I do understand that this shouldn't be used often and it is better to really expand one's mind in the different ways a project can be carried out.

3. How can one critique themselves in the beginning without being unnecessarily cruel? This is important so that we can keep an honest and open view of possible projects and how well they could work. Why do we doubt ourselves and our creativity so much? I ask this because it is sad that only a small number of people are given permission to be creative and everyone else is denied this gift. I ask this also because some people think there is only one or two kinds of creativity and not several.

4. No, there is nothing that I disagreed with, except for how we aren't allowed to critique ourselves in the very beginning. I think if we have a healthy, small dose of critique in the start - not in all cases, just some projects every now and then - it might actually help the progress instead of hindering it.