Humans seem to have a genius for conceiving new ideas and inventing new things. Throughout history, this creative spirit has resulted in solutions for a variety of human problems and expressions of a spectrum of human experiences. The collection of visual arts, music, literature, and other related types of human expression known as the humanities can be seen as a primary way by which we express our creativity.
But creativity can be either encouraged, resulting in cultural and technical progress, or discouraged, resulting in individual and cultural stagnation. As in other key eras in human history, it is essential in our own time that the creative human genius be nurtured so that the problems we are facing may be dealt with effectively and exciting new possibilities may be realized.
• In Chapter 1 of the textbook, review the story of Sam on pp. 1–2. Once done, visit YouTube.com and view the following videos.
• Sir Ken Robinson—Defining Creativity. YouTube website. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtnRaa7AgLs
• Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? YouTube website. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY
Carefully analyze the main points of each video and write a 2-page essay on the importance of encouraging human creativity. Be sure to cover the following topics:
• The definition of creativity
• The conditions which foster creativity
• The conditions in current society which discourage creativity
• How circumstances can be changed to encourage creativity
• The different perspective on life which a creative broadening of the mind can produce
Write a 500-750 word essay in a Word document. Follow the APA style. Submit the essay to the assignment dropbox.