Creativity is all around me. I use it on a daily basis. I am a mother of a child who is almost two. She is a creative individual, and I use creativity to strengthen my parenting skills. Creativity is what makes being a mother exciting and fun. Everyday is an inspiration to try something new, and everyday I look forward to learning something new as well. Watching my daughter grow makes me think about how it was when I was a child and what creative techniques my mother used in order to raise my brother and sisters and I.
Creativity is in the way I find a way entertain my daughter during the subway ride to school (and daycare for her) without a toy or book in sight. Creativity is in the I way mix in fruits and vegetables into my daughter's food in order to make her eat her meals without it all ending up on the floor, or in my face! Creativity is in the new verses I add to her daycare songs while I watch her stare at me in amazement and sometimes confusion because she's never heard these lyrics before. Creativity is in the way I am able to create different voices for characters of the many books she has, without any prompt or ideas from a Tree House T.V show.
The previously mentioned, are just examples of creativity. Just as I have been able to list many examples, there are also many definitions as well. This brings us to the ART WORD OF THE WEEK which is.... yup you guessed it; CREATIVITY!
The previously mentioned, are just examples of creativity. Just as I have been able to list many examples, there are also many definitions as well. This brings us to the ART WORD OF THE WEEK which is.... yup you guessed it; CREATIVITY!
Schrrimacher & Fox (2009) also state there are many definitions of creativity, and these are some they have written :
"The ability to see things in a new way" (p. 6).
"Boundary breaking and going beyond information given" (p. 6). "thinking unconventionally" (p. 6).
"making something unique" (p. 6).
"making something unique" (p. 6).
"combining unrelated things into something new" (p. 6).
I feel that the examples I have given have been able to relate to each and everyone of these definitions. An example of an interrelation for the example I gave of my creativity, and one of the definitions provided by Schirrmacher and Fox is, adding new lyrics to my daughter's daycare songs (example) and "boundary breaking and going beyond information given" (Schirrmacher & Fox, 2009, p. 6). My ability to add new lyrics went beyond the boundary of the original song and I also went beyond the information given to me about the song (which were only the original lyrics) by adding on to the song as well.
Well, this brings us to the end of today's blog. I hope I have been able to show you how being a mother fosters creativity within my everyday life :).
Schirrmacher, R. , & Englebright Fox, J. . (2009). Art & creative development for young children. Belmont, California : Delmar Cengage Learning.
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