Today was a wonderful day full of discovering creativity and being inspired by the creativity of others! As part of our class we were asked to give our classmates an experience which was congruent with what we have been working to achieve with our community partners. As our goal is to inspire creativity within our classmates and other Calgarians this made for a very fun task. We first started by asking our classmates to draw anything they wanted on a piece of paper. It was interesting to see how a lot of people looked around at each other because it was hard to think of something to draw when they were put on the spot! After thirty seconds we asked everyone to stop drawing and turn over their paper. On the clean page we asked everyone to draw a picture of a house which everyone found much easier to do. The purpose of doing that exercise was to show everyone that our environment does not usually support random creativity. So, it was our jobs to put some inspiration in their heads! To do this we created three different stations where our classmates could go to enjoy a creative experience. At the first station there was an array of toothpicks, skewers and of course a healthy selection of candy where people were asked to make a structure of their choice. At the second station we had a whole bunch of musical instruments and our classmates were asked to work together to try and create a song. At the third and final station we had finger painting where everyone could play around and be creative just like they might have when they were kids! To finish up the experience we asked everyone to once again draw anything they wanted on a fresh piece of paper. It was cool to see that everyone had a much easier time coming up with something to draw after we had taken the time to spark some creativity and get everyone out of their shell.
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AuthorsWe are public relations students at Mount Royal University. Our current project focuses on spurring creativity and inducing innovation in our community. ArchivesCategories |