Week 1: Reflections on Insight

Thankfully, after a week or so of insight and innovation, I’ve learned that it is quite alright to lower my standards and to steal like an artist.  That being said, I feel that I have gained so much in the last 10 days regarding habits that lead to insight and innovation.  I have decided that my facebook time is needed elsewhere, so for the rest of the semester I will be journaling (and other things) instead of facebooking.  I’ve also embraced and completed the 100 question challenge of the DaVinci book.  I promise to wonder more, ponder more, and to write about my reflection in said journal.  I will invite others to wonder with me, but not on facebook.

While writing a blog post every day, I’ve found that it is acceptable to lower standards and produce a good product in a short period of time when a perfect product would consume time that needs to be spent on other tasks.  Creativity is fun and liberating.  I think if the blog posts get to be burdensome, it will lose its magic and the essence of the blog a day.  In reality I’m learning to accept myself and my work.  I never thought of myself as a creative person.  I felt that I have any real artsy ability.  I’ve half-heartedly tried to write some poems and take some pictures, but I now realize that I am far from the 10,000 hours it takes us to become masterful at the craft.  I am very hopeful for the things this course will teach in the coming weeks.  I find it invigorating and look forward to our discussions.  At this point, if I don’t learn anything else, I will feel that the course has been worth taking.