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I wrote this paper looking back and reflecting on my experience as a student in the Creative Thinking and Problem Solving course, contemplating on both the positive and negative aspects of such a distinct curriculum.
By far one of my new favorite courses to be taken! I would highly recommend it.

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By doing what we love most, we add value to this world and spread positive, colorful vibes to everyone around us.

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Until we reach our ultimate career path/ goal in life, we are going to get our hands onto so many different experiences and wrong paths. Each of those paths are going to leave a mark on us (resembled by the paint on the hands) that will contribute to us reaching the desired goal. We thus need to learn the art of discovering new things everyday, because it is only when we keep on discovering that we reach self-fulfillment.

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My favorite piece at an art exhibition I attended. To me, this tree symbolizes the artist growing and nourishing with each leaf resembling one of their experiences, each branch an incident of theirs.. This is them transforming it all into beautiful pieces of art!

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Visual Representation of Teamwork - Business Class

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Visual Representation of Teamwork - Business Class

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"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

A picture I designed for a business class that resembles the importance of teamwork and cooperation in life. My team's company name was "Andrews".

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A dramatic picture of current events- AUC protests against Israel.

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“Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Be kind, for everyone is fighting a hard battle, and if you really want to see who people are, all you have to do is look.”

By far, the most inspiring movie I have seen!

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We are all going to face challenges and dilemmas when figuring out the most suitable career path for us. But what matters most is the art of transforming such challenges into greater opportunities.

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This picture shows how a person can look at you and just see your simple face, just like anyone else's around you. However, there is a whole life going on inside of you filled with experiences, skills, incidents..etc. that they do not get to see. There is so much more than what the eye can see.

This picture perfectly demonstrates what module 3 is talking about.

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"I am a different person to different people. Unknown to a lot. But who am I, to me?"

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Career Action Plan - Out of Class Activity 4

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Career Action Plan - Out of Class Activity 4

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A career action plan for my to-do list concerning academics, extra-curricular activities, work-related  experiences as well as skills to develop till graduation.
I am planning on checking/ editing it once per year.

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Creative Self-Representation / Assignment 2

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Creative Self-Representation / Assignment 2

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A creative CV highlighting my unique skills and qualities in line with the job applied for in a way that would stand out from the crowd.
Because my career direction is towards sales and marketing (as mentioned by the strong interest inventory too), I have decided to create my CV in such a way as if I am a product being marketed for the job. The poster displays my CV as a journey of a product put into a machine and is manufactured to produce the trainee (myself), with the manufacturing process representing the different sections of the CV (Personal Info/ Education/ Extracurricular Activities/ Honors and Awards/ Skills/ Hobbies).

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What an employer would look for in a mechanical engineer.

(In class activity)

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Generic marketing tool for my career. It is a compilation of my general career objective, education, work/work-related experience, activities, awards, skills, and distinctions, and personal data.
It basically highlights my strengths

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More values/ skills an employer would look for when hiring someone.

(In class activity)

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These are some of the values/ skills an employer would look for when hiring someone. Therefore, these are some of the values/ skills I should work on acquiring later on.

(In class activity)

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Other than my characteristics, skills, and interests, I strongly believe that one of the most vital factors affecting my choice of career paths is my work values. To me, indispensible work values include advancement, as I would enjoy seeking constant upward mobility and promotion in my career, variety, as I could not handle monotonous work tasks repeated every single day and would rather have variation and creativity, and, lastly, economic stability, as a high salary along with financial rewards and recognition are still important factors.

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Job satisfaction comes from pursing a career that meets your interests and goals, and it is the driving force to working with ultimate motivation to reach your full potential. I believe that it is only when you do something that you are truly passionate about that you can master it, and experience the true taste of success, satisfaction, and self-fulfillment.

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When I looked precisely at each combination’s profile, I realized that the one that fits me most is ESFJ “Practical Contributors” with a job such as Business Administrator. Those combinations matched my attributes with jobs like education, health care, counseling, arts, religion, and teaching. I can actually see myself in such careers and this is why I found the MBTI very successful.

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The combinations of letters I received from the MBTI are ESFJ, ISFJ, ENFJ, and INFJ

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With the help of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), I managed to label and put rigid definitions to my preferred actions and characteristics. Based on my orientation to the world around me, my preference for taking in information or perceiving things, my preferred way of judging situations, and my choice of what I do with the information I have, I reached a combination of letters that matched my personality to careers and professions, an excellent way to ease the process of choosing the right career option by incorporating the many variables at play.

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After taking the assessment, the highest themes I received based on my responses were Enterprising, Social, and Artistic (ESA).
These themes were very similar to my guessed themes.
Combining my interests with this assessment, I reached the conclusions that I would like to pursue a career as an Entrepreneur or Sales Manager.

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This psychometric assessment follows what is known as the “RIASEC Code” to match the six basic personality types with the six corresponding types of work environments; Realistic: The Doers, Investigative: The Thinkers, Artistic: The Creators, Social: The Helpers, Enterprising: The Persuaders, and Conventional: The Organizers.

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This is a picture that resembles the complex question of "Who Am I?"
It shows that a person may be seen as a circle from some people's perspective, a square from that of others, or even a triangle. The cone hanging in the middle is that true person's true identity to himself/herself that needs to be figured out by combining all those aspects into one.

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The creative thinking process has enabled me to asses myself by clarifying my skills, values, personality traits, and interests, explore my career or academic options using divergent thinking, reach a decision and narrow down my options by convergent thinking, and, finally, plan the process of implementing the path to achieve my desired career path and life goal

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A mind map of the factors that lead to my identity, and, most importantly, my CAREER IDENTITY.

This allows us to use the creative thinking process to arrive at what we feel is the most suitable career direction to pursue.

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An essay answering the question "Who Am I and Where do I Want to Go?"

Drawing upon all my learning outcomes about career identity and about myself from the class exploratory activities, assessments and discussion in this module.

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Reflective Write Up - Mind Map - Assignment 1

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Reflective Write Up - Mind Map - Assignment 1

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Accompanying mind map for assignment 1 (reflective write up) representing my career path and encompassing all the different factors leading to it.

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Mind map for the Creative Thinking Course representing the three modules.
This was a group out of class activity.

Group members:
Karen
Jomana
Vanessa
Reem

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Label for Product You! - Out of Class Activity 1

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Label for Product You! - Out of Class Activity 1

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For this activity, we were required to imagine as if we were a product and create nutritional facts with our personality traits/ interests. I created this cereal box and named it 'Carinios' instead of "Cheerios" that resembles me. I used photoshop and Microsoft word to do it. The nutritional facts have corresponding percentages that symbolize to what extent each personality trait/interest is a part of who I am.

I really enjoyed working on this activity!

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Because I am extremely organized, I love planning every little detail of my life in my own way. This is why I do not buy a read-made planner but rather create one for myself. I believe that no planner out there suits me. I like a personally customized planner for my own with the sections I need and the organization the way I like it to be.

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This marks a turning point in my life. On my graduation day, I took an award as I was given the title "Valedictorian of Class 2016". It was an honor to receive such a title and represent my class in this ceremony.

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I created this design for my room because I think it looks very pretty. I love lighting up those dim lights at night with the pictures of the people I care about.

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One of my very favorite quotes by Rupi Kaur about beauty in the eyes of the beholder.

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Breaking bad is my all time favorite series! In between the lines of discussing meth creation and money laundry lie two characters that reveal the reality of character development and interpersonal relationships.

This picture is a powerful one that shows Jesse Pinkman, the main character in a car and Walt Whitman standing behind him, a pose that has a hidden message of how Walt always has his back no matter their differences and unending conflicts.

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All our lives, starting with our childhood, we’ve been chained up with society’s definitions of ourselves. Because we’ve always lived in caves made up of labels about whom we are, when we look in the mirror we see what society has taught us to see and not the true reflection of ourselves. What we don’t know is that behind this cave lies a whole new world, a world of chosen identities rather than enforced ones, and a world of enlightenment rather than darkness.

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This Coldplay video is extremely creative. The colors, the visuals, the movements, along with the music and song lyrics are very astonishing.

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This is a video I made as a part of my Rhet project raising awareness about Sudanese refugees and asking the world to give a helping hand.
Rhet topic; Imagining Exile

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Zaha Hadid, the inspiring architect mentioned in my previous post, uses real people to draw buildings. She designs most of her buildings based on human postures, a technique I find beyond interesting!

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I used to do Architecture, and, as a part of my project, I was required to visually represent my journey to choosing this major. Even though I left the major, I am still proud of this piece I created because I put a lot of me in it. I decided to describe my journey in a building form;
First floor represents me as a child being inspired by the game "The Sims 2" that had a lot of building and designs in it.
Second floor represents me as a teenager being inspired by the different architecture around the world, mainly by Gaudi's Segrada Familia.
Third floor represents me now being inspired by the architect Zaha Hadid and her amazing work.

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Beautiful wall graffiti I found in Mohandessin, Cairo.

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"Do not limit me,
feed my mind with a beautiful chaos of thoughts,
color my every brain cell with a new idea,
make me shine brighter than a mediocre human,
make my mind surpass the ordinary,
make no room for petty pursuits,
do all that can be done,
but,
do not limit me."

Written by me

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John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" series is one that I find very influential. We were assigned to watch many of his episodes in the course "Introduction to Visual Cultures" and I found this specific episode really good. It describes the bitter truth of how advertisements have shaped our world and what our reality has become.

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"True colors shining through
don't be afraid
to let your true colors show
because your true colors
are beautiful"

These are song lyrics that I find very representative of the picture attached. It conveys how one could look so beautiful when they decide to let their true colors and true selves out to people.

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Unknown band plays one of my favorite techno songs using instruments only, and they do it perfectly!

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ACAMAR (Frankey & Sandrino Rework) - Live at Festival YEAH

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Techno Marching Band Version of Frankey & Sandrinos deep house hook ACAMAR recorded live at Festival YEAH by Commune Image and Neutra Production.

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One of my favorites ever!
This is a complex piece of art, but it sends a universal message that most things are not as they are but rather we, as humans, labeled them that way.

"Art is what the artist calls art."

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To me, this video is extremely powerful as it shows how music and science are interrelated. It also shows the power of sound waves and their significance despite their size or invisibility.

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CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music - Nigel Stanford

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"Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu
Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion
or cultural system. I am not from the East
or the West, not out of the ocean or up
from the ground, not natural or ethereal, not
composed of elements at all. I do not exist,
am not an entity in this world or in the next,
did not descend from Adam and Eve or any
origin story. My place is placeless, a trace
of the traceless. Neither body or soul.
I belong to the beloved, have seen the two
worlds as one and that one call to and know,
first, last, outer, inner, only that
breath breathing human being."

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"Practice any art, music, dancing, singing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow."

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I find this video very moving as it shows two major point of views from which we can look at ourselves and our lives. It shows that from one perspective, we are too tiny in comparison to the world around us and thus all our problems and life events are just a speck in the universe. On the contrary, it shows that we are too big when we look at the complexity of our being in depths. It makes me really wonder.

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"I'm too young to stop dancing
I'm too young not to cry
I'm too young to be accountable
I'm too young to die
I may not die like literally
I just mean dying inside
Like everyone I see around me
All so numb, so bored, so tired

So you do what you do
And leave me go my way
So me asking politely
Gon' do your good and keep the tiger in its cage

Cause I know the night

And I know about the day

I like them both equally

I'm complex that way

I'm complex that way"

"Complex" by Josef Salvat

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"I love packing & airports
& the smell of jet fuel
& sitting against the window of a busy terminal
& queuing at boarding gates
& experiencing the continual stream of cultures languages & the sound of people tugging their luggage
& watching the dichotomy of human nature airports magnify
& the feel of a new city & the aroma of hotel breakfasts
I love it all."

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"There are dimensions of the brain yet to explore. There is a potential contemplative dimension in music. Those depths are a dimension of myself not usually recognized. We are multi-dimensional beings, yet we are ONE."

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The comic artist Carl Barks inspired us in so many different ways discussed in this article, and so are the elements borrowed from him. We also applied many techniques used in class to our comic

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The amazing Carl Barks inspired our comic "Different Journeys". Not only were we inspired by his style, sense of humor, and ideas, but we were also inspired by one of his characters from "Mr Scrooge".

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This is a page of our comic script including most of the different characters in the comic. This scene is the one in which the main events of the story take place.

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This is the cover page I designed myself for our comic. The title "Different Journeys" gives an insight into what the comic will be about. I chose those vivid colors specifically to grab readers' attention.

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This is the script our group wrote down for the comic strip. It includes the different scenes with both the narration and dialogue between characters.

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A picture of our team members working on the comic script. These were the 3 classes I enjoyed the most in module 2! I never though of coming up with a comic with my own ideas, but I really enjoyed the process!

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This is the logo we created for the solution of our problem of food on campus. It is an app that allows students to order food on their phones to save time, crowdedness, costs, and improve quality.

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Project Members:
Karen
Vanessa
Reem
Ahmed
Jomana

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-Coming up with solutions for the problem of food on campus using these 3 people’s perspectives:

1) Beyoncè
2) Om Kalthoum
3) President ElSisi

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1) How would Cocacola design public transportation?

2) How would Apple design food outlets?

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I used scamper to redesign my speakers and put it to another use.

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I find this picture an effective one to anyone who does not know what scamper is or how to use it.

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Force-Fitting & Scamper for AUC Food Solutions 

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Force-Fitting & Scamper for AUC Food Solutions 

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After choosing our problem (food on campus) we imagined how the word "library" could fit into a solution by using forcefitting, an activity that requires critical thinking. We also applied Scamper to our problem, which helped us even more in our solution.

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We went around campus asking people about the problems they find on campus. We chose food on campus as the most important problem most people face and then interviewed 3 different students about it (total of 15 students).

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Detailed Description of Problem & Solution

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Detailed Description of Problem & Solution

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This word document discusses the problem at hand (procrastination) in depth and explains the solution (device) to the problem.

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A device of our creation to solve the problem of "procrastination". Not only could you talk to the device and have it respond, but it also automatically helps you manage your time and schedule properly. It is also a fun device that schedules time for yourself and not just for studying

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Competition between 5 different teams on who will build the tallest pasta tower with a fixed piece of Molto on top. This competition required tremendous team work, time management, and creativity.

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This is my reflection on the article "How Fear Chokes Creativity and What to do about it?". It discusses my personal point of view on how fear could actually be hindering one's creativity. It also discusses how I will be benefitting from such an article in the future.

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The greatest inspiration I found in my chosen photograph is the coexistance of multicolors during sunset, and the contrast between the darkness in reality and the light in the mirror. This was resembled in my design by the gradual change in colors from top to bottom (yellow-orange-red-light blue-dark blue/ lighter to darker). The idea of a short dress from the front and long from the back is inspired from the difference between the back and front of the picture, showing a long night at the back (darkness) and a short one in the front (light). The silhouette trees form accessories (necklace and earrings) along with black patterns on the dress. The passing car in the photograph, which conveys the idea of speed & shows the irony of how this steady picture is taken in the midst of a busy day, is mimiced by the patterns in the top half of the dress. The patterns start of with close, consistent pencil strokes that scatter as you move down the dress (speed). The overall colors of the dress strike an image of a vivid sunset in the viewer's/ designer's mind.

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Visual representation of how Diane Von Furstenberg was inspired by the picture of a desert on top to create her fashion line "Oasis" in Spring 2014.

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1) My idea of a wallet design (includes a place for coins & a place to out a picture in case it gets lost)
2) 5 ideas for innovating my partner's (Vanessa) design
3) Final design for my partner

Final design includes: place for money/cards/pictures, place for picture/personal info, key holder, phone holder, coin holder, clock, lock/fingerprint, wallet tracker, coin holder & coin counter

This activity conveys our ability of thinking of better and more creative ways to innovate something so simple like a wallet.

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This word document explains my choice of song inspiration and creative piece based on the song.

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Favorite song; "Vienna"- Billy Joel inspired my creation.

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Vienna-Billy Joel (Lyrics in Description)

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We were asked to do something creative (write, draw, paint..) based on a favorite piece. I decided to use different colors to come out with this painting and use ink to write this title inspired by one of my favorite songs.
It speaks to me on a personal level and I even hung it up on my wall after turning it in as an assignment.

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This was our cover page for our group's final presentation in module 1. We discussed different aspects of supernatural powers; UFOs, vampires, witchcraft, and zombies. Our thesis was: "The supernatural is grounded in reality".
This was one of the most interesting presentations I have ever done.

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‘Something is happening. We are becoming a visually mediated society. For many, understanding of the world is being accomplished, not through words, but by reading images.’

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This is my reflective essay about the short story "Harbinger Hall". The essay discusses the various methods of communication in the story and compares the effective ones to the ineffective ones by highlighting the negative and positive consequences of each.

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Communication is everywhere, literally. People communicate with each other on a daily basis. Artists communicate through sketches & colors. Musicians communicate through musical notes. Photographers through taking pictures. Actors communicate by performing scenes. Poets communicate through poetry. Dancers through movements. Businessmen through marketing. Even customers communicate with waiters through certain placements of forks and knives. Cars communicate through lights. Athletes communicate on the filed through positioning and saying certain words. The opera has a certain lighting system that communicates messages to the audience. And the list goes on.. But, have you ever looked at communication from a different perspective? Have you ever thought about communication as a medicine? Have you ever thought about how it can actually cure people and make them feel better? People suffering from mental disorders go to therapists for the sole reason of communicating in order to feel better. Addicts and alcoholics attend recovery groups regularly that, no matter the different methods they use for recovery, still depend mainly on communication. And, most importantly, many people refer to art therapy for recovery. The dictionary’s definition of art therapy is, “a form of expressive therapy that uses the creative process of making art to improve a person’s physical, mental, and emotional well being.” Art therapy allows one to draw freely whatever they’re feeling in order to express themselves and get the negative energy out of their bodies. Through art therapy, people are able to create things out of their misery. Art therapy is able to transform bad experiences and broken souls into beautiful pieces of art. This form of creative expression also allows people who are suffering from the same disorder to communicate, relating to one another on an intimate level. It lights up the allies of their minds. It is a way of treatment that gives individuals the chance to let their inner-selves speak up in a way that can provide them with a deeper understanding of who they are. Often times, people find themselves incapable of expressing themselves with the limits of languages. In that case, art therapy is a good solution for expression and communication. Communication can thus be an effective form of healing, treatment, and rehabilitation.

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One thing that really grabbed my attention is this picture of a beggar, someone who has literally nothing at all, making the most out of what he has. It shows one of the ways the lower class communicates with the higher class in the society. Out of the millions of homeless people and beggars on the street, he managed to do things differently. Instead of just normally asking for money, this guy decided to attach a label of different religions on tiny plates and hold up a cardboard paper that reads, “Which religion cares the most about the homeless?” Although this may seem meaningless or stupid to you, it is actually immensely creative. By doing that, he creates some sort of competition between people with different beliefs, making each and everyone eager to prove his/her religion as the most generous, thus benefitting him. This picture also speaks to me because people tend to find excuses like “I don’t have enough information” or “I don’t have enough artistic background” to avoid being creative, when actually all it takes to be creative is minimum thinking. Creativity isn’t about what you have, it’s about what you make out of what you have. If being a beggar is all you can ever be, be the most successful/creative beggar there is. This guy highlighted the beauty in simplicity. He also managed to communicate his message of asking for money in an effective, subtle method. This beggar succeeded in evoking feelings of sympathy without uttering a single word, by solely combining creativity with visual communication. He managed to transcend the norm in the simplest/ easiest way possible. If a beggar can be this creative, then imagine what the more fortunate could do.

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Creativity comes in different forms. You are required to be creative in every little thing you do: whether in cooking a meal, dressing up for work, or even choosing the design of your bedroom. People often mistake creativity for only being “artsy”, or having an artistic background. They often stick to the definition of creativity that says, “coming up with new ideas”. And by doing that, they limit themselves. Because there is so much more to creativity that just simply coming up with new ideas. Creativity is that green light your mind makes when you come up with a creation of your own. It’s that force of energy that tingles in your soul when you create something different. It is that feeling of satisfaction and happiness that fills you up when you manage to stand out. This is why creativity is not achieved but is rather enhanced. We all have a creative side to us that needs to be enhanced. What I believe pulls people backwards from nurturing and growing is the fear of not being “enough”. Not creative enough. Not good enough. Not artistic enough. We are constantly being haunted by the fear of not being “enough”. We create borderlines and definitions that we think we need to follow and fit into in order to be that creative someone. We see artists with great pieces of art, and musicians with awesome music and wonder to ourselves “who are we to be THAT good?” We have a fear of transcending the norm. A fear of defying traditional ideas. And this fear takes over our thoughts completely to an extent that we forget what we are capable of doing. We forget the fact that no matter how many creative people there are out there, our own creativity is a unique one. And this is because nobody will ever see the world through our eyes. Nobody will ever come up with the exact same thoughts and ideas as we do. Nobody will ever appreciate the same things we do. People will see empty hallways where you see beautiful museums. This is why it takes courage to step out of one’s comfort zone to do things differently. It is only when we defeat that thought of not being “enough” that we can nudge our creation or idea into the air and let our creativity flow.

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One of the most inspiring forms of communication is communicating through dancing. It is a form that does not need a single word to send a message, but rather uses body movements to express feelings, emotions, and even ideas! In its origins, dancing was primarily used as a source of communication for celebrations and ceremonies. The body language used in dancing projects numerous subtle feelings and moods, and communicates a certain story to the audience. When dancers are moving on stage, the chemistry between them automatically elicits a huge combination of emotions from the viewers. This liberating form of communication makes sense of the music while narrating, with the absence of words, different plot lines. It is astonishing how language is sometimes inadequate to express the meanings movements convey. Not only is there an interaction between the dancers on stage, but the audience also engages with the dancers in many different ways and forms. The forth wall (which is the invisible wall separating the stage from the dancers) can sometimes be broken with certain vivid dance routines that communicate stories very strongly. Individuals also express their personalities and characteristics through dancing, as their souls are in action during the movements. Through dancing, the physical and the emotional are made inseparable. Dancing reaches us at a fundamental place because all the moving and touching that occurs on stage is a different type of language, one that was our primary way of communicating even before words came to be. Dancing speaks for itself and communicates in the most delicate and intimate of ways. It is a universal language, meaning that no matter where a person is from, which culture they belong to, the language they are able to speak, or their level of intelligence, they will understand and relate to the dancing and the body movements. These choreographies not only unite people, but also allow them to interact using one of the most effective forms of nonverbal communication.

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Music by Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran Film by Khepera Batties Recorded at the Bank of the West's LINES Ballet Inner Circle Event

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When someone talks about communication or language, the first thing that comes to mind is “words”. But what exactly are words? Other than being the building blocks of a language, what exactly are words capable of doing? As simple as they seem due to the easiness with which one can spit them out in a conversation, the weight they carry is tremendous. In our digital world, with the absence of body language, voice tone, and eye contact, words play a significant role in delivering a certain idea or message we’re trying to express. The number one reason for miscommunication between individuals is the inaccuracy of the words they speak. From offending others with your joke, to getting into tremendous arguments that end badly not because of the cause of it but because of the words said during it. Because we as humans are social beings, we interact and communicate all the time, whether with our families, friends, colleagues, or even strangers, we have an eagerness to connect. And the driving force of connecting is interacting through spoken words. Communication is thus the essence of our survival, and precise words are the essence of communication. Speaking alone does not guarantee communication, however, speaking accurately does. A word is a double-ended sword that can act as a symptom or a cure, a tool for deepening the wounds of a conflict or stitching up the cuts, a bridge leading to a dead end or a .. all based on the extent of its precision. Someone could have an amazing idea in mind, whether for an assignment at college or for a business plan at work, but because they fail to communicate it properly using the correct words, they end up receiving no recognition or credits for it whatsoever and it ends up going in vain. In our daily lives, our words carry the entire responsibility of determining what sort of relationship we have with others. By using inaccurate words, we often find ourselves either overstating or understating the message we’re trying so hard to deliver to others. People often underestimate the power of a single spoken word and its capabilities, the power of communicating and delivering a message EXACTLY the way it is in your head. My teacher once said, “The easiness with which you speak does not necessarily correspond with the accuracy with which you should speak, because it’s in the precision of our language where we can find the dense and the sensible, and more importantly, the real and the possible.”

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