Thursday, April 21, 2011
Week 13, Question 3
The concept from chapter 10 that I thought was interesting was emotional barriers to creativity. When you think about being creative you wouldn't think that there would be any emotional strain, but for a lot of people there is. "There are risks and hard work associated with 'going out on a limb' and trying something new. We may have to take more time than we would like, we may make a mistake, and we may risk the censure of our peers by looking foolish or being judged incompetent." (Harris & Sherblom) So many people are worried about what other people think of them. They don't want to be judged and looked at as an outsider. Our society rewards being right and judges people who are "wrong" in their eyes. This often keeps people from expressing their ideas and what they really believe in. Many of the most significant people in the history of our country and inventions have been initially rejected for being too "out there", but that didn't keep them from making a mark on our history. If they had let the emotional strain on what other people think then we wouldn't be where we are today.
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I also enjoyed reading the part on emotional barriers to creativity because I can relate to the examples you used. Back in high school I was really shy and almost never spoke up about anything. I felt that people would not like what I had to say or thought I was weird for saying it. A lot of it had to do with the group of people I associated with because they were all extremely shy and it began rubbing off on me. Anyway, once I broke away from that group, and started joining clubs, I became more outgoing and saying whatever was on my mind. From time to time, I run into people who remind me of how I used to be, and I encourage them to speak up and that their opinions won't be looked down upon. This also reminds me the popular saying that there is no such thing as a dumb question. I think a lot of times students will not speak up in class because they do not want to feel like they are the only ones who don't understand. I will always remember what one of my professors from community college said, always ask your question in class because chances are, there are at least 2 other people thinking the exact same thing. Nice job with your post! :)
ReplyDeleteI found emotional barrier to creativity to be interesting also. I think a lot of people hold back from some of the things they might want to do because of fear of being judge by others. Or fear of rejection because people are not interested in what they are doing. This happens a lot with in groups because people are shy and don't want to speak up about how the feel or they are just fearful of rejection of their ideas. The only way to over come emotional barriers is to speak up and say what you think and feel.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this weeks reading was interesting when they talked about the creative barriers. I think you said it perfect that people fear being wrong and we as a society judge based upon what it is we see is correct or not. We keep ourselves always on guard because we much rather say nothing then get hurt. We often tend to hurt others when we try to protect ourselves. This cases a lack of idea sharing within a group therefore a group comfort with each other is very important for the groups success. But sometimes we must get hurt in order to grow and become better people.
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