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emporary because of the unavailability aspect they made of themselves from trauma andinsecurities. In Normal People, pain comes in two different forms: depression with Connell andTrauma with Marianne. Rooney's attentiveness to suffering depicts the theme of self-discovery ina downward spiral.Works Cited
How does this novel address themes of plurality and diversity? How can you use it to teach the same?
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In a blog post by That’s What She Said, the author describes Marianne’s mother tobe “a picture of a traumatized woman, illustrating the human cost of domestic abuse. We seeMarianne reliving her mother’s pain through her brother: a haunting reverberation of her latefather’s violence”
Use of research--connect it to the question about research, ethics, and skills?
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But one surrenders power in one form and grasps it in another.” The readers canrecognize that Charles is aware that his power manipulated the relationships he had, to crumble and fall leavinghim alone to face his poor qualities. For Charles to be good as a person, he must change his personal status intothe impersonal, and he must escape his conceded self and gain concern for others. Some of his final words are“I cannot think of any tiny good thing to do at the moment, but perhaps I shall think of one tomorrow” (495).Charles cannot break free of the traits that broke him down; in the end, he never will change
What are the possibilities of portraying change in fiction? Can it be done without cheap moralizing?
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As Charles's life has started from acting and the theatre, he often feels the need to be in control of thepeople around him. He is a Shakespearean explorer who is being studied by Murdoch as she draws on all theelements you think you’d be certain of about love and hate. She displays these elements in Charles'srelationships throughout the novel. Charles's relationships have come present to him from unfinished businessin the past. At one point in the novel, Charles says “My history has found the form for me” (151). This tells thereaders that history strays out of the egocentric elements in Charles. When these former connections make theirway toward him, he feels important which snowballs into arrogance. Instead of taking these situations with agrain of salt, he takes them with a gallon of salt and feels the need to become compulsive over it. His concededqualities explain why he once was an actor who was in control of how the play turned out. The play in this casewould be Charles's love affairs, of which he is nonstop delusional.
What is the relationship here between egocentrism and control and how can we recognize it more broadly in literature and in life?
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As well as choosing what to focus on that won’t lead you down arabbit hole of opinions only you agree on. These issues can be addressed inside the classroom by betterpreparing our students for research. By knowing the right and wrongs of reviewing, researching, and drawingon literature, you are able to advocate for yourself and critically analyze complex ideas.
I'd like to hear more about cultivating an ethics of research. What are the values (e.g. skepticism or diligence or what) that should motivate it? What does it look like to teach that?
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Plagiarism is an easy issue to address by ensuringyou cite sources properly and give credit where it is deserved. Authorship goes hand in hand with plagiarism bychecking to make sure you gave credit to the authors of the sources you included in your research, paper, oressay. Biases in literature are a bigger issue than most people realize, as individuals hold strong values andopinions on a certain topic or issue.
Can you try to articulate a relationship between these ideas?
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It’s supposed to givefreedom to not just people, but companies and other organizations.
This is actually the result of a recent court case (Citizens United) and has not always been considered the law. So, should corporations be protected by the First Amendment?
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We need to continue protecting companies, protecting the public, and protecting the FirstAmendment. Without the First Amendment, life in America would be a lot different than it is.Attempts from the government to limit the First Amendment are foolish and wrong. As ac
So, what should we think or do differently as a result of your opposition to Wu's claims? Should the First Amendment be viewed as expansively as possible so that there's not need to change or repeal or replace it? Are there reasonable limits that can be placed on it?
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There have been multiple Supreme Court cases that have dealt with the First Amendment.Discussing how it protects social media and other companies. The case Sorrell vs. IMS health,established that the sale of data is a form of protected speech under the First Amendment, andthat restrictions are unconstitutional. This case came after a Vermont law restricting the sale,disclosure, and use of physician-prescribing data. The case Moody vs. Netchoice gave socialmedia companies the right to moderate and censor content on their apps. This case came afterlaws made by both Florida and Texas, which regulated social media companies' contentmoderation practice
Okay, so, if you want to clarify the intro, you can discuss what the First Amendment was originally meant to do. Why was it put in the Bill of Rights in the first place? Then we can discuss how its function has changed and stayed the same as we introduce your more recent examples.
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If the issueis protected by the First Amendment, then it is simply legal, and you can’t change it. I thinkdisregarding an amendment that has been in place for hundreds of years is the totally wrong wayto attack this issue. We can’t try to ignore or change the First Amendment. The First Amendmentwill always be right, and we always have to abide by it.
I mean, we do have a means to revoke and change amendments. It's just hard to do.
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ne particular article from the opposition of the argument is Tim Wu’s article, “The FirstAmendment is Out of Control.” The purpose of his article is to persuade the reader into thinkingthe First Amendment is not what it once was.
Okay, I like this transition into your main countering section.
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The opposition makes these issues out to be very bad and dangerous for the public.
Same thing as above--we need a description of this point of view, so it's clear who is arguing for and against what.
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This side of the argument wants to limit the rights of social media companies to moderatecontent on their apps.
This gets a little confusing, so it might help to come up with something like "proponents of 'X' believe," so that we know who is arguing what.
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One of the major missions of President Trump in his first 100 days as President,is to close down the Department of Education.
The first part of the paper is meant to tell the story: who is for and against the closure and why, without taking a side. This is where much of the background research should go. You want to organize the paper by asking: 1) what is this about; 2) what do I think about it; 3) what should be done next.
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The Department of Education is incharge of the Special education department in schools. Around 7.5 million students, or15 percent of the student population, receive special education under the individual withDisabilities Education Act (IDEA) which provides $15 billion to support students withdisabilities.
Specific references to facts have to be cited with reference to sources.
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The article also usestwo states, Alabama and Louisiana and explains how those two states have more thandoubled their test scores because their state governments have control of theeducational decisions in their state.
We need more context to understand what's going one here.
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An article written by GarrettHaake from NBC News states “Our job is to respect the will of the American people andthe President they elected, who has tasked us with accomplishing the elimination ofbureaucratic bloat here at the Department of Education—a momentous finalmission—quickly and responsibly,”
Is this the author's opinion or a quotation from the author? It's important to represent it accurately.
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Coming to Terms with Issues: Gender Inequality within the workplace/sports industryAs a woman in America, it is hard to see others dismissing gender inequality in the states,whether it's my own peers or even family. How can people not see it? How do other women orgirls not see it? This crosses my mind when we talk about politics, even one of my peers who is agirl stating, “I just don’t want a woman as my president, I don't think they’re qualified.” Yourown gender not qualified? I also have to remind myself that I grew up differently, in a diversebubble called Oakland, California
You'll want to: a) read the paper aloud to someone; b) use NaturalReader or the read aloud function in MS Word to hear the paper read to you. This is super helpful for editing and clarity.
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Robinson, Bryan. “Gender Inequality, Alive and “Unwell” in 2025, and 4 Lessons to Thrive.”Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025, www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2025/02/27/gender-inequality-alive-and-unwell-in-2025-and-4-lessons-to-thrive/.
We'll want to see a closer connection between general workplace discrimination and how it specifically works in sports so that the paper seems more closely connected.
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To the extent that the hiring processtakes into account athlete preferences, this resistance to having a female coach can make itharder for women coaches to get hired; it can also make
So, what we need to find is an opinion piece with which you disagree in some way. It doesn't have to be the polar opposite of what you're saying (for example, women's sports suck), but it might offer different reasons for pay gaps and viewership gaps that you want to correct/reframe/oppose in some way.
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ONLY 6% OF CEO’S ARE WOMEN
Okay, so I get that you feel passionately about the issue, and that's awesome, and draft the paper with all caps if that helps emphasize certain points. But, at the end of the day, we'll want to use conventional MLA style choices.
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Why Picnic at Hanging Rock Is Worth AnalyzingPicnic at Hanging Rock is more than a mystery movie; it is an experience that challengesaudience perception. The film’s careful use of cinematography, sound, design, and deliberateambiguity creates an immersive and unnerving atmosphere. The film’s refusal to provide answersforces viewers to confront their imaginations and create their own conclusions.Ultimately, Picnic at Hanging Rock is a cinematic masterpiece, proving that sometimes, the mostpowerful stories come not from the answers provided, but rather from the questions leftunanswered.
But if patriarchy and colonialism are the forces of control here, then there's a through line that you're not quite articulating--how might we explore the issue of control.
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Set in 19003 4 5Australia, the story centers on the mysterious disappearance of three schoolgirls during aValentine’s Day picnic at Hanging Rock, and the impact this mystery has on the people aroundthem. The film’s use of obscure storytelling, alongside its atmospheric cinematography, presentsa compelling narrative that haunts viewers, even long after the credits
How might M's treatment of this theme--the connection of style and intention with effect--look in a more recent analysis of this or a similar film? How has their critical eye developed and changed?
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he Barbie movie is a satirical piece on the gender roles of our society and the manyways that men and women can dominate the forces in society. It pushes for a message of equalopportunity in the world for both men and women and promotes the empowerment of women ofall ages, sizes, and colors.
So, I'd like to hear more about your ideas of maturity being represented in the film through dealing with hardship and adversity. This adds a new dimension to Bustillos' conversation and that's what forwarding is all about.
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Work CitedBrunell, Laura, Burkett, Elinor. "feminism". Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Feb. 2025,https://www.britannica.com/topic/feminism. Accessed 13 March 2025.The history of feminism dates to the time of the Roman Empire, with women protestinglaws that limited their freedoms. Throughout the ages and centuries, feminism has only grownand evolved to include more movements and involvement in government and legislation. Itinvolves the focus of women fighting for rights that they feel have been infringed upon or arebeing threatened in any way shape or form.Thornham, Sue. Women, Feminism and Media. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctt1g0b662. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.Media, alongside history, is what makes feminism continue to thrive. Throughout history,protests and legislative action have been made to help women be represented and heard in aworld dominated by men, but it doesn’t stop there. In media, women are portrayed in manydifferent lights and have many different perspectives about what it is like being a women in thecentury and age you are in.Treisman, Rachel. "Is Barbie a Feminist Icon? It's Complicated." NPR, 27 July 2023,www.npr.org/2023/07/27/1189987314/barbie-movie-feminist-history. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.The NPR article on the 2023 Barbie movie is a fantastic deep dive into the history of theBarbie doll itself and how it ties into feminism in our world today. The article discusses the
Let's imagine how to research this: reception studies of the movie itself (in other words, what critics and fans have said about it), other pieces that address maturity and adulthood (whether sympathetic to the movie or not).
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Culture is singlehandedly the most important piece of our human existence, and it isproven time and time again with how we as humans behave.
The idea of "forwarding" involves continuing a conversation begun by one of our cultural critics. It might help to star with a summary of Bustillos' argument at the beginning and then transition into how the Barbie Movie speaks to that argument. It might help to think about the Barbie Movie as an example affirms, modifies, or contradicts the points that Bustillos is making.
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It is funny to think that a doll has made such a huge impact on the culture that welive in today. Barbie has evolved and changed into a perfect example of what we wantour children to value. Barbie has continually grown with the times and allowed littlechildren of all races, sizes and values to find themselves in a simple doll.
I want to know what you want the audience to take away. This can take on several forms. Should the audience do something, but which I mean taking action? Should the audience think about children's toys and gender roles differently? Should the audience recognize emerging forms of entertainment are often still rooted in cultural stereotypes? Should we think about other positive examples like American Girls dolls?
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The Barbie doll has changed from a simple children's toy into a significantcultural artifact that has influenced society’s values, gender norms, and idea of whatbeauty has become throughou
So, if you see the comment elsewhere about starting with Bustillos argument about American culture becoming more adult, then you can focus on Barbie as a way of thinking about that that is different from the three main examples that Bustillos chooses (Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Mad Men),
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"A Cultural History of Barbie." Smithsonian,www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/cultural-history-barbie-180982115/."From a toy to a tool: the reception of Barbie and cultural ambiguitycontemporary Pakistan."[Sage Journal], journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14647001241291394.The Significance of Toys: Barbie and Postwar American Culture
This is an excellent source, but be sure you're citing it specifically in the places that you use it in the essay.
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n the “The Birth of Adulthood in American Culture” by Maria Bustillos, sheexplained to the reader how many characters from popular television shows and movieshave changed the way audiences see culture. Long gone are the narrow mindedpeople who only look to one gender to make important decisions. No more do womenidolize other women for their body type or hair color. “ Educated Americans no longerthink of their country as the center of the universe, but see their country as one amongmany; American novels, plays and stories seek a diversity of voices and differentopinions”(Bustillos, 2014)
We'll discuss this, but in order not to use your chosen piece of cultural criticism in such a cursory and passing way, it will probably help to move it to the beginning and start by rewriting Bustillos' argument to suit your own purposes in the paper.
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The doll has been introduced with different body types and skin colors. Mattelhas introduced Barbie dolls with African, Asian, Latina, Middle Eastern, and Indigenousbackgrounds. These dolls show different hair textures, facial features, and culturalbackgrounds. This allows children to see themselves reflected in the toys they playwith. In 2016, Mattel introduced a new Barbie doll with different body types: petite, tall,and curvy.
I assume that there are sources for all of this information that need to be cited, even if it's summarized or paraphrased rather than quoted directly.
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Criticsargued that Barbie reinforced traditional gender stereotypes and unrealistic standardsand allowed people to believe that women could do very little besides look pretty
Who are these critics? Where does this information come from?
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Before the final draft, let's address format issues including font, header with last name and page number, and a title to demonstrate mastery of MLA document requirements. It makes it all seem fancy.
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Kids aren’t able to make thevideos they want to make, or sing the songs they want to sing because everything will just getreported
So, both Schalk and Lessig identify groups who are singled out by these various barriers to creativity?
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Whereas Schalk talks about creativity in a personal and political way, Lessig talks aboutthe legal barriers of creativity.
It might help to compare one set of barriers to the other so that the transition is a bit clearer.
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The author's perspective on this situation is very helpful for other people.
This is a good identification a use of the author's text.
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I also get pleasure from twerking, the act of moving your bigs toshake your butt quickly because it makes me feel good about my body and dancing skills.”.When including this part into her text she is attempting to help other people who may fearexpressing themselves.
So, this seems a clearer connection, so try to make the matches between text and evidence as clear as this one.
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tenure-track professor at a major research university, but when Lizzo invited me up onstage toplay the children's rhyme ‘gigolo’ and show off my dance moves, I knew it would be the coolestthing I’d ever do”. In this part of the text, Schalk is explaining how some people believe thatsince she is a professor she should not have done what she did.
So, I think the quote and the conclusion taken from it are somewhat mismatched here. Let's try to think of each quote as evidence and see how that works.
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chalk was telling her own story in hopes to helpother people struggling with body positivity. She wanted more people to feel comfortable in theirown bodies, do what makes them happy, and not feel judged by other people
This is a nice job of defining the author's project--one of the main skills we're looking to develop in the class.
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All three articles show what creativity means tothem
I agree, but I'm not sure that goes far enough. Are they also trying to share that understanding with others?
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Similarly to the other two pieces, Ratnayake uses meditation to explore her creativity
Is this similar to the other two?
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The creativity aspect comes from how mindfulness opens up space for new ideas andperspectives. By quieting mental chatter and embracing a curious, nonjudgmental attitude,meditation allows people to connect with their intuition, explore thoughts more freely, and tapinto a sense of inspiration. It nurtures a "beginner's mind"—a mindset open to fresh possibilitiesand insights—fueling creative thinking and problem-solving.
Great, but how does this work together with the other strategies mentioned by the other thinkers for building creativity and avoiding creative roadblocks? What can we learn by putting these lessons together?
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When I look at a rubric for a school assignment and see “creativity worth 15 percent,”I’ve always wondered what that means. Creativity means different things to everyone, so howwill someone grade me on what they think or don't think I did for creativity?
I love starting off with this personal anecdote. It works.
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On the "Review" tab in MS Word, there's a tool called "Read Aloud." It will read your paper to you to help with minor mistakes such as this one, but also to give you a sense of the connections between points.
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Ultimately, there are different ways to extract creativity from an individual. Whether thatmay be working with others through collaborations, or having a high amount of introspection,creativity flows through everyone despite conventional wisdom that it happens through strokesof genius. Lynch, Schalk, and Johnson go through their own methods in order to create their ownmethods of inspiration. Each of their methods have their own limitations, however, they allcontribute to the idea of creativity
I'd like to see this developed a little bit. Let's discuss.
How do we get an enlarged picture of creativity by putting these uses and limits together?
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However, Johnson’s idea of creativity has some limitations. Johnson argues that connectivity andcollaboration is needed to drive creativity, which is not exactly needed in driving innovation.Intellectual hubs like coffee shops or the internet can drive innovation, but collaboration is notneeded. Artists and writers like Vincent Van Goah or Emily Dickenson created academic pieceswithout collaboration or connectivity. They isolated themselves, using their own retrospectionand perspectives to fuel their own inspiration
So Johnson is interested in creative spaces and settings--so it's worth discussing private spaces, definitely. So, you might consider the drawbacks of collaborative spaces in a way that Johnson doesn't.
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Schalk’s approach to creativity through liberation was bold,highlighting the challenges of facing societal norms
It might help to form a clearer connection between Schalk and Lynch. This might involve contrasting what they're trying to teach us and how.
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Creativity is often seen as something out of the ordinary or something that happens in 1burst of innovation. However, creativity is a gradual and complex process that forces individualsto look upon themselves, taking patience, introspection, and liberating oneself from society’snorms. Authors who demonstrate these aspects are Sami Schalk, David Lynch, and StevensonJohnson
There are a number of ways to hook the reader: 1) relate the discussion to something about creativity that is in the news. Are there current popular artists or art or other creative work that is on the public radar that you can use as a means of starting the conversation? 2) You can attempt to define creativity is unusual or unorthodox terms --what is you personal definition and how might it differ from common and conventional ones? 3) you can relate creativity to education or technology. 4) You can tell a personal story of creativity.
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According to the article:
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David Lynch was able to define creativity through his interpretation of innovation. Lynchdescribes creativity like fishing for fish. “Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, youcan stay in the shallow wate
We'll need to break up this massively long paragraph. We need not stick with one paragraph per source--look for subtopics to organize breaks and transitions, please.
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However, with these uses, there comes somelimitations. The ideology behind challenging society’s conventional notions is limited tophysiological/ economical barriers on the individual. Individuals who wish to enact Schalk’sbody positivity/ pleasure activism may not have the same resources or audience as Schalk does,creating false hope to people who want to have the same liberation as her. Another limitation isSchalk’s mindset on creativity/ individual defiance focuses too much on a single person, when inreality, creativity is much more collaborative and collective.
This is a really smart discussion of limits.
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But I wasted fartoo much of my young adulthood punishing my body and refuse to do that anymore. When Istopped hating my body, I had more time to be productive, to build better relationships, to havefun adventures. After I learned to reject body shame, I came to embrace pleasure politics”
Look up "long quotations in MLA."
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Coming to Terms with Creativity
Come up with an original title to show off your own creativity.
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Varughese 1Ron VarugheseDr. SmyczekEnglish 1019 February 2025
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Creativity comes in many forms. I tend to focus on creativity that comes from myemotions, my senses, and the pleasure I get from doing certain activities. These ways I amcreative are exemplified in the texts Are you in Despair? That’s Good, by Lisa Barrett, PerfumePoured Out, by Grace Myers, and When I twerked onstage with Lizzo, it was an act of politicaldefiance, by Sami Schalk. Each of these focus on the different ways we show creativity, and eachhave limitations to them. I tend to follow each of their examples in my creative process and eachare smart ways to be a creative person.
What are the ways that we can use these pieces together that teach us something that we don't get from reading them individually? Can you describe a more complete picture of creativity informed by these three perspectives?
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A final article that focuses on creativity
How do the tools for living Schalk wants to provide us compare to those of the other authors?
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n the first reading, using many studies and research, Lisa Feldman Barrett describes howhaving emotional granularity, as in having a more thought out understanding of our complexemotions, have a higher chance of being a creative person
So what does Barrett seem to want to do for the audience? Is she providing a resource to help people be happier and more creative? imaging the "why" of each writer and not just the "what."
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nother text used to explain creativity is Perfume Poured Out, by Allison Grace Myers.She writes about how she doesn’t have a sense of smell and uses this to explain how our sensescan make us more creative.
Let's ask what Myers wants to accomplish rather than what she is writing about. This is what "defining projects" means.
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fits with the three steps Harris provides inhis book Coming to Terms, especially the third step. In the book, he describes that we should takea look at authors not only good uses of a text, but on an authors drawbacks.
We're just using Harris as an instructional resource and not a source to discuss.
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2Robert WilkinsonDr. SmyczekEnglish 101-058 February 2025
Remove this info from the header and put it at the top of the first page so that it doesn't repeat.
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During my observation assignment
See related comment: it's not a letter to me--it's for an audience that's not familiar with the course or the assignment sequence.
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Are You in Despair? That’s Good
Check MLA title format for articles.
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Throughout the course of this unit,
A difference between high school and college writing is that here, we assume an audience that isn't involved with the class. So please, no references to the class, the assignments, the process of choosing sources, or anything else that would be puzzling to an audience that wants to learn about creativity and these sources but who isn't part of the class.
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Schalk seestwerking as a way to creatively express and reclaim her body, turning it into an act of self-loveand defiance. The dance becomes a form of personal empowerment, where she uses movementto challenge societal beauty standards. It’s not just about dancing; it is a creative way ofembracing who she is and showing confidence in herself
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Lizzo
Make sure that we're distinguishing between the author (Sami Schalk) and her favorite artist (Lizzo).
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If you want to ace MLA format, make sure that the font matches in the header and the body (all of it in Times New Roman).
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Twerking with Lizzo
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"The problem of mindfulness"
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Melendez 3Similarly, the piece “The problem of mindfulness” by Sahanaika Ratnayake focuses onreducing meditation to a simple self-help technique, but meditation can also be seen as a form ofcreativity.
This is a really effective transitional comparison.
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is statement that “Anger and depression andsorrow are beautiful things in a story, but they’re like poison to the artist” misses the idea, manyartists get inspired from their darkest moments in life, not only their happy ones.
This is an effective identification of what you perceive as a limit in Lynch's perspective.
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I know that this is common, but technically, connecting two separate sentences with a comma is a grammatical error called a "comma splice." Can you try to edit these out?
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Thetopics of these three articles vary, they share a common message that creativity isn’t alwaysabout producing something tangible.
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When you open the world up to creativity and free expression, like Schalk’s freedom toexpress her sexuality through dance, there is an issue regarding what is considered acceptableand appropriate to certain viewers, and even more important is understanding that someone’screative outlet might be harmful or offensive to other people. Lynch’s take about meditation as aoutlet to find desires is a fantastic outlet for some people to be creative, yet Lynch also believesthat suffering does not inspire a desire to be creative. This is an incredibly limited view as someof the most profound pieces of work have come from people that have suffered immensely. EvenMarr has limitation to his stance on technology, because even though technology is seen as athreat to creativity and inspiration, we as a species must evolve with technology, and we willalways find ways to create beautiful work with it.
I'd like to see this conclusion go a little bit deeper. Do the pieces show us something by reading them together than we wouldn't get out of any one of them? Do they supplement one another's limits in some meaningful way? What do we get from the synthesis, in other words, to help us be creative?
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Walkoviak 3themselves would not seek to dwell in their own suffering. Instead, allow your work to “do thesuffering” (Lynch 93).Sami Schalk takes a much different stance on creativity as she tells the story of how sheended up on stage with Lizzo, twerking together at her concert
Can we try to find a transition that connects Schalk to Lynch more concretely? Are they looking at public vs private forms of inspiration? Are they identifying different kinds of suffering that impede the progress of creativity? That kind of thing makes the essay cohere just a bit more.
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Bernard Marr writes an article in what he perceives to be a threat to creativity as weknow it, and in his he defines creativity through the Oxford dictionary as “The use ofimagination or original ideas to create something” (Marr). He explains that imagination is theone “element” that remains a “mystery” (Marr) and is extremely difficult to obtain as it is nearlyimpossible to create something completely new that has never been created before. Marr uses theexample of the new innovative technology of AI to build an argument around the question, cantechnology be creative?
I like your description of Marr's text, but the project here is a little less clear than in the other two areas, and thus the relationship to the other two ideas is not as clear.
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Using a metaphor about fishing, Lynch intends to inspire readers of all kinds to use thepower of consciousness to find ideas
What a beautiful and succinct definition of the author's project!
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Growing up I was always aware of my overactive imagination. I was always full of somany ideas and stories it was hard to determine what was fiction or what was real. I was anincredibly avid reader and spent many long hours into the night either writing in my littlejournals or reading stories I had checked out in my school library, and this birthed a passion inmy heart for finding and telling stories. Even though I was young I know two things for certain: Iwas creative because I was surrounded by inspiration, and because I was living presently in life.
I absolutely adore this paragraph.
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You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have'' TS Eliot
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After careful reading and dissecting these three articles, it is obvious that theidea of creativity is something that can not be fully defined. Creativity is different foreveryone and has so many different perspectives. These three authors have verydifferent thoughts and beliefs on the concept of creativity yet they each have their ownway to express their ideas. SInce I do not consider myself a creative person, I struggledwith the definition however it is clear that creativity is what you make it and somethingthat can be expressed so distinctly.
Your conclusion can address how, although each piece is limited in some way, the various texts supplement one another. In other words, what can we learn about creativity by reading them together that we don't learn by reading any one of them by itself.
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Lynch says “In order to create, you’ve got tohave energy; you’ve got to have clarity. You’ve got to be able to catch ideas. You’ve gotto be strong enough to fight unbelievable pressure and stress in this world” (Lynch 2).Lync
So here, you're identifying an obstacle to creativity that Lynch notes. Are there other ones, and how do they compare to the other authors?
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The last of the three articles that I examined
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The next article “Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, andCreativity” by David Lynch examines the approach to creativity and the benefits ofmeditation and how it can influence lives
We'll need transitions to bridge the pieces. What do they have in common and how do they differ? This allows the reader to understand the thread that connects the various thinkers.
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Her article was intended to showthe world that people should be proud of themselves no matter what they look like andnot everyone is going to accept the status quo
Let's think in terms of projects: what might Schalk want for or from the reader?
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When I twerked on stage with Lizzo it was an act of PoliticalDefiance”,
Make sure that, whatever the source capitalization, that all capitalization conform to MLA standards for the kind of source that you're using (here, an article).
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I would never describe myself as a creative person so after reading all ofthese articles I have seen and examined many different perspectives of creativity
One of the major differences between many forms of high school and college writing is the idea of audience. For this course (and most courses), you want to assume an audience that's not familiar with the class or the assignments, something like a newspaper or magazine reader. So, referring to the class and the process of writing the paper is something that should be edited out for the final version.
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This has been seen with the AI cover phenomena where people would take songs andmake covers of those songs with another artist’s voice. The ted talk does not explain howchanging of these laws would impact those whose works or even voices replicated by AI
So how do we want to conclude this? Let's avoid summary and focus on synthesis: in other words, what do we get out of reading the pieces together that we wouldn't get from reading any single one of them. How do the points work together to give us a more complete view of creativity?
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In the third text Lessig analyzes the eXect that laws have on creativity in the modernage.
Let's come up with a transition that gives one point of similarity and one point of dissimilarity.
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The second text I chose was David Lynch’s “catching the big fish”
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I believe the title of the textshighlights this the most “Why I am not a maker” but in writing this text she is a maker.
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Even if those management roles are the basis of those tech companies’ success. Theemphasis she puts on caregivers and the work they do also aids to her argument.
I very much like what you're writing here, but there's some work to be done in grammar and editing. This is a sentence fragment. Can you look this up and see if there are other examples of it?
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novelty is not the spark of creativity
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The conclusion can address how we can learn from reading these various perspectives in collaboration with one another--how they're each getting a piece of the puzzle but not seeing the bigger picture and how you can get a broader and more complete idea of creativity by reading them together than using those lessons.
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The more your consciousness—your awareness—is expanded, the deeper you go toward this source, and the bigger thefish you can catch” (Lynch 1). This metaphor further explains the idea of how the more wepractice meditating, the deeper we go into our conscious, the more powerful our creativethought proces
So you'll also want to address the idea of limits: imagine that you see each author as identifying a piece of the creative process. What other parts do they seem to overlook?
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Creativity isn't just aboutbeing “artistic” but about using our skill and thought to advocate for change. Schalk found asense of personal joy in using her creative performance in a “public space”. Schalk's experienceshows how creativity can be expressed for personal happiness and for political change
So, in addition to the idea of projects (what the author wants for or from the audience), you can expand on the idea of obstacles to creativity in both pieces.
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Okay, so the big thing is framing the pieces as projects rather than just individual stories. That means focusing on what the authors seem to be trying to do for the readers rather than just on the content. Are they trying to teach us something that we can use in our own lives? If so, how are the lessons similar and different and where do they complement and compete with one another? This is the "glue" that toes the whole thing together.
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n the article she says
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Schalk's points further emphasize creativity'simportance in the role of activism and identity formation.
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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation,Consciousness, and Creativity, by David Lynch, I would like to touch upon one of his persuasiveaspects that creativity comes from deep within. Next is Twerking onstage with Lizzo, it was anact of political defiance
Research how to format articles and book chapters in MLA using the OWL at Purdue.
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Creativity is shown in different ways through all the texts we discussed over these fewweeks in class.
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onclusionAfter researching deeply into Trump’s immigration plans for when he is in office, it isclear that all of his plans present numerous negative consequences. Including limits onopportunities for individuals. The majority of his voters can see that his plans are promises thatwill keep our country safer or secure America, but with research, the truth can be found. Familyseparations, mass deportations, violation of human rights, dangerous attacks at the border, andgoing about all of this through illegal ways can and will result in harm to these populations ofimmigrants. Additionally, these plans fail to recognize the root causes of immigration, and theydo not understand why some people might come to America. Rather than aiding our country andmaking it safer for those who live here, these strategies will leave society feeling divided andseparated from others. These plans not only fall short of delivering helpful solutions to ourcountry but also leave behind an outcome of division, fear, and human suffering. Giving contextbehind the appalling mind of the new president-elect, Donald J. Trump.
The conclusion can also address what actions stakeholders might take, such as what voters should do, what government might do at the state or local level, etc. It can also address what we can do to continue to research and learn more about immigration policy in ways that can help address the problem.
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By looking at the first source, Agenda 47, the first two points of Trump’s campaign are“Seal the border and stop the migrant invasion” and two, “Carry out the largest deportationoperation in American history.”
We'll need to not just use Agenda 47 to mark our disagreement, but also to find an opinion source that is in some way sympathetic to Trump's border policies.
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The Pew Research Center has done countless hours of research on legal immigrants in theU.S. They explain that over 75% percent are in the country legally as of 2022. These peopleshould not be denied rights because they are here legally and can prove this. Less than 30% ofthe immigrant population are unauthorized immigrants. This is a small percentage, and thepeople making up this population can be assisted in getting their citizenship. By creating bansfrom certain countries and making our borders more dangerous, this number will only growbecause people will find a different way in. If Trump is so concerned about our borders, heshould focus on the people who are here without documents and allow them to be part of thiscountr
The lit review section does three jobs: 1) gives necessary background for the audience to understand the issue; 2) maps out who is arguing what, very briefly, without expressing agreement or disagreement. (You can do that later.); 3) introduces a piece to "counter" and explains that it will be addressed below in additional detail.
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The New York Times (NYT) writes similarly about Trump’s immigration plans. Fromthis article, I take the standpoint of defending the lives of those immigrating and those beingdeported. The article titled “Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations” by the NYTtalks about the ideas Trump has for separating families at the border. They wrote, “And Mr.Trump would try to end birthright citizenship for babies born in the United States toundocumented parents...”
One of the things that the essay still needs is a specific opinion piece to counter--this is a high revision priority.
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As of 2022, 77% of immigrants in the U.S. have entered this country legally. This is morethan three-quarters of the immigrant population coming into this country legally. The firstquestion to be raised here is, “Why create hideous plans for immigrants when the majority comesto our country legally?
I think this is important to note, but it is also important to note that overstaying a legal entry visa is still illegal.
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What is the main goalhere, to prove to other countries we don’t want other people living here? These massdeportations and violent attacks at the borde
The first part of the essay in mainly meant to inform the audience about the background of the controversy and the positions within it (called "argument mapping"). You can defer your response until after the issues have been discussed informationally.
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heartless
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This is a serious statementmade by Trump and one that does not make any sense either. He simply wants to ban entry tocertain people because they might be deemed as “untrustworthy” or “dangerous” based on wherethey came from. This is beyond outrageous and comes to show how racist he really is.
It's important to paraphrase people's arguments in ways with which they would agree. Do you think that's the case here? Would a Trump official agree with this depiction of their position?
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Including mass deportations, ICE raids consistently,building camps to “detain” immigrants, and banning entry into the US for people from certainMuslim nations.
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The debate of combining assisted suicide with organ donation raises important ethicalquestions about life and death. Organ donation can save lives, but with the introduction of usingassisted suicide and harvesting organs from the procedure brings up concerns. This issue isn’tjust for healthcare professionals or lawmakers, it affects everyone. This topic can affect aspectsof our values, autonomy, and dignity, which are very important to have as a patient. We need tocontinue discussing the moral components and benefits of this idea. By talking about this subject,we will be able to come to a consensus and improve the way we perform these procedures. It'salso important to make sure that decisions respect individuals rights and well being. The USmedical field needs to partner with society to think about how we can give dignity to those at theend of life and the lives that can be saved through donation. By focusing on the dilemma,positive changes can be made.
A few things might help develop this conclusion: 1) you can put this controversy in contact with other controversies that involve the public good vs the life of the individual; 2) how should science, philosophy, and religion be valued when making critical decisions about care when still-living or recently deceased beings are involved; 3) what should people do to make their wishes known about these things so that their own values can be upheld in the event that they are in this position?
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This is due to the ethical dilemma of organ donationthrough assisted suicide. Ethics in the hospital system play a crucial role in guiding medicalprofessionals to make decisions that prioritize patient well being and stick to the set standards.Doctors are made to swear by the Hippocratic Oath, which emphasizes principles like doing noharm and acting in the best interest of the patient. This oath makes sure that doctors don’t makeirrational decisions or decisions based on personal or religious preferences. Their actions are alsoheavily governed by the US Department of Health. This protects the patients and the healthcaresystem. These guidelines pave a concrete path for organ donation through assisted suicide,meaning that there will be guidelines in place making it nearly impossible to corrupt the system
What I'd like to see here is a bit more mapping out of the opinions regarding the assisted suicide/organ donation combination. You might also talk about the reasons for the problem having to do with the newness of it all. How recently did assisted suicide become legal?
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Due to this event many people are raisingimportant ethical and moral questions about organ donation through assisted suicide
Who are these people and what are their positions/what are they arguing?
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Since this codeis there to uphold ethics and create the utmost respect towards the patient and their autonomyshows a lot about the medical system.
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Ely has a valid argument. Having a foundation of strong trustis essential to maintain a beneficial medical system, but that trust is also based on doing what isbest for the patient.
Nice dissenting!
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“What message does it send about the
See previous comment about attribution.
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“Countriesincluding Canada, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Belgium, and Japan all supportthe practice of assisted suicide”(Statista).
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a strong point that artifacts such ascartoons can represent complex insights into human condition. These insights can include,love, belonging, aspiration, defeat etc. T
I'm curious about how this relates to Eco's perspective on childhood. Are his examples just adults in children's clothes? And therefore, is the choice to portray children arbitrary or irrelevant? So I'm curious about how the themes of maturity and the themes of interpretation work together? Is interpretation itself a kind of maturity?
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Works CitedBalzary, Flea. Acid for the Children: The Autobiography of Flea, The Red Hot Chili PeppersLegend. Headline, 2020.
Can you use Noodletools and export your bibliography? It will do the MLA format for you and it looks sharp.
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Culture is an active production which holds unlimited artifacts that shape its ways. Frombooks and films to art and music,
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In conclusion, music serves as a powerful tool for enhancing mental health andwell-being. It provides personal expression, helping individuals process emotions andexperiences that might be difficult to speak on. Research has shown that listening to music canreduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, promote relaxation, and foster a sense of
So, what does your artifact add to the discussion and what should we do as a result of that? In other words, how does thinking about Ocean's music give us insight into the relationship between childhood and adulthood in ways that are similar to and different from Eco's discussion of Krazy Kat and Peanuts? What do we get from the updates provided by your artifact?
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Just like Eco, Frank Ocean uses his platform to spreadmental-awareness but instead of creating a show, he makes music. Ocean puts his emotionaltrauma into lyric form to create a connection with his listeners, “the fact that he could make asong about his hardships and help other people through theirs shows how much of an impact hehas on his fans. I would consider him a role model.
So, once we've discussed Eco more thoroughly, we can draw clearer connections to the music that you want to discuss.
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So first, make up an original title, and second: start with Eco and tell me what he's telling us about fiction and children and mental health. Basically, you will want to summarize Eco's argument (not the whole piece, but the main claims).
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n the article titled, “On Krazy Kat’ and ‘Peanuts”, by Umberto Eco, Eco relatesemotional struggles to his characters to spread awareness on mental health. The outline of hisarticle focuses on his character's struggles, hoping to give his viewers a sense of understandingand comfort if they relate in any way. In today's society mental health is rising, but people
It probably makes sense to start with Eco and summarize his argument before introducing your cultural artifact and seeing what it adds to the discussion begun by Eco.
In other words, we gotta figure out what Eco is saying and then figure out what that would mean if we applied it to Frank Ocean.
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For me, music ismy cultural artifact; it is a mirror to society’s values, struggles, and successes. Everybody listensto music at some point, if it's in the car, while you're studying, or just want to have a good time.Music allows everyone to express their emotions and experiences in a way that words alonecannot. Frank Ocean is one of my favorite artists to listen to; he is amazing at showing howpersonal and thoughtful lyrics can resonate with listeners.
Music is a bit too broad to be thought of as one "artifact," but the artist Frank Ocean could certainly count.
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In an article called “The transformative Powerof Music in Mental Well-Being", it states, “Music therapy is an evidence-based therapeuticintervention using music to accomplish health and education goals, such as improving mentalwellness, reducing stress and alleviating pain.”. (2 Psychiatry.Org - The Transformative Power ofMusic in Mental Well-Being, 1 Aug. 2023).
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When educated individuals such as Stevie K. Seibert Desjarlais takes a deep dive intoculture, society is awarded an intellectual perspective on these works and their varyingconceptualizations of culturally relevant topics. Cultural artifacts like “How I Met Your Mother”may be overlooked because of its use of a laugh track and poor comedic timing, but thistelevision show has shaped society's views on significant concepts such as maturity, adulthood,and masculinity. What most people see as a low brow sitcom is in fact a highly influentialcultural artifact.Works CitedMitchell, Thomas. "Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?" Brisbane Times [Brisbane andQueensland, Australia], 2 May 2024, p. NA. Gale OneFile: News,
It will help your conclusion to come back to Eco. What does HIMYM tell us about Eco's idea of maturity and what can the audience learn from it? How might the audience apply the lessons in daily life?
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“How I Met Your Mother”
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Ted’s hopeless romantictendencies are a lot like Charlie Brown’s persistence. The characters of Charlie Brown and TedMosby are both based loosely on their creators Charles Schulz and Carter Bays.
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Thismisconception comes from the idea that failure is a sign of immaturity, when in reality it is thestepping stone to growth.
This sentence utterly rocks. I love it.
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Adulthood often feels like onedisappointment after the other, Ted Mosby’s character depicts this perfectly.
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Barrett, Lisa Feldman. “Are You in Despair? That’s Good.” The New York Times, The New YorkTimes, 3 June 2016,www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/opinion/sunday/are-you-in-despair-thats-good.html.Lynch, David. Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity. Penguin Audio,2006.Schalk, Sami. “When I Twerked Onstage with Lizzo, It Was an Act of Political Defiance.” Vox, Vox,18 Oct. 2019, www.vox.com/first-person/2019/10/18/20920615/twerking-with-lizzo.
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In conclusion, there are many ways to show your creativity, whether it's withstanding upfor yourself, meditating, or taking the time to find yourself with your emotions. Everyone isdifferent, so each one of us will have a new and different way to show our creative aspects.Being able to express and show our creativity will help us thrive and be able to live life to ourfull potential.
Are there actions we should take to apply these lessons? Should we define creativity differently than we did before?
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In addition, a different article written by Lisa Barrett talks about how and why youremotions are your foundational tools for living.
We'll need to compare this by contrasting the projects of the three authors, by noting how one author addresses a limit of another author, or by noting how they can be differently used as resources.
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I also agree with this quote because I've been in aposition where I have been closed-minded, but you can't be closed-minded, or you will miss newopportunities coming to you
Personal experience is great, but can we be a little more specific and provide individual instances?
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Another author, David Lynch, who has written about creativity, has a different viewpointthan Schalk. Everyone can be creative, but if you don't have a clear mind, you can lose yourselfand lack creativity in your life
Let's go beyond noticing the different subjects and compare projects. What kinds of change in the world might each author want to see and how might those compare?
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Harris also described in “Coming to Terms” thatyou must understand first what the writer is trying to say, then note the limits on the topic shown,and finally, you can see your position on where you stand with the topic
It's not really necessary to quote the textbook. Do you think it helps make the point?
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One of her main goalsshe's trying to have her readers understand is that you should be doing what you enjoy foryourself because, at the end of the day, you're the one living your life; nobody else is
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After reading different articles by Schalk, Lynch, and Barrett, Irealized everyone has their own take on creativity
This is true, but what common themes emerge from reading them together?
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Lynch’s idea of digging deep within for creativityand understanding desires ties back to Lisa Barrett’s idea that knowing and expressing oneself isthe key to creativity. Both authors afford the perspective that creativity is found deep within
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David Lynch gives a similar perspective on creativity using transcendental meditation asthe foundation.
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allshare the same grasp on the concept of creativity
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Creativity is a more broad term than most people assume. It is about more than justcreating; it includes observation, re-creation, interpretation, and so much more
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Creative practices could be anything you enjoy to do, someexamples are music, dance, technology, and meditation. Creative practice is highlighted inthe three works: When I danced on stage with Lizzo, it was an act of political defiance bySami Schalk, Laws that choke creativity by Lawerence Lessig, and the problem ofmindfulness by Sahanika Ratnakake
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Ratnayake’s project is an attempt to “help us understand our ‘true’ selves”
Here's another point of comparison: is creativity about changing yourself or making creative products or both? Is it growth or productivity or both?
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Reaching deeper in the mind allows people to pushpast the surface level thoughts and find compelling thoughts or arguments. Lynch’s use ofanalogies pushes a clear understanding of his reasoning and logic, and while they may seembasic or undermining, they provide a much more developed and thoughtful message that we asreaders must dig deep to understand
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Are there common vocabularies (e.g. "create" or "idea) that will allow you to connect Lynch and Johnson more extensively to compare their respective projects?
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Why should we be thinking about creativity? Why is it important in our lives? Are there things going on in the world, in the news, in your social scene that can testify to the importance of creativity?
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There is no need tochoose only one method. I have found myself using different methods at separate occasions, sobe the growth that not only grows you, but those around you
So let's talk conclusions: it might help to think of how to use this synthesis about creativity that you've given the audience. What is the most important thing or what are the most important things that they can do with this information? How can they put this idea to work int heir lives? How can you put it to work in your life?
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In comparison to Lynch’s ideology that creativity is expanded and derived from within,Steven Johnson
I like this attempt to compare these authors, but read it aloud...the wording might not be as clear as we want right now.
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Meditation, in the eyes of Lynch, is a worthwhile hobby. Thebenefits of meditation are evident, and “the more you meditate and transcend, [your power, edgeand creativity] will grow” (93). While some people may claim that meditation serves no actualpurpose, Lynch contradicts those statements explaining that meditation will not do anything butbenefit you. Lynch pushes that any form of meditation can serve as an enhancer to one’s life
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What should individual do to apply the lessons of your essay? What are ways that we can remove obstacles ourselves? Should we practice it in ways that our appropriate to our interests and abilities? Should be develop our own definitions of creativity, no matter how idiosyncratic or weird?
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Creativity is an important part of society.
Can you give me creative practices or artifacts that seem important to make this claim catchier? Let's use an anecdote--this is called "showing" rather than "telling."
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You use the word "activism" in conversation about Schalk. Is this a form of creativity? Tell me more about this.
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Lynch, and Lessig shared many different places creativity can befound. It can be made, found and adapted. Creativity fuels innovation, drives progress andexpresses unique perspectives in society. By embracing our creative potential, we can enhancepersonal growth along with the collective potential of society. Each author expressed their owntake on how they see creativity.
One of the things that you're mentioning is the LEVEL at which change needs to occur. For Lynch, the change is PERSONAL, for Schalk, the change is SOCIAL, and for Lessig, the change is LEGAL. What you're contrasting here is OBSTACLES to creativity and how we can address them. This is a cool way to compare projects.
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Change is not always easy and in this case, may not be entirelyrealistic for such a dramatic shift so quickly. You must understand other people's perspective onthe topic to fully be able to address all sides. Many people, especially those that oppressindividuals like Schalk, might not listen to Lizzo, or do not see the empowerment in heroutreach. In addition, individuals may see what she is doing and continue to oppress her or seewhat she is doing as a point to oppress further. Many people may also not see what Shalk isdoing as empowering, and may see it for what it is: a woman twerking on stage at a concert.While many people were influenced by Schalk, the scale of change she was hoping for was notachieved ultimately due to limited outreach. Schalk was creative with her self expression and itopened up new ways to see creativity around us. Although there were some limits to herperspective, she helped empower many people through taking a stand.
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When I twerked onstage with Lizzo, it was an act of politicaldefiance,
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In the previous two texts both authors focused on how we can control our own emotionsand minds to become more creative, but what about all the external factors that can restrict ourcreativity?
I like the summary here and the idea that now we're going to engage a somewhat different idea.
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Despite all these articles providing their own narrow perspective on what it takes to reachyour creative potential, by studying them simultaneously and analyzing the lessons each of themteaches us we can gain a complete understanding of creativity.
Excellent summary and synthesis sentence: let's look at the pieces in conjunction with out own experience.
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WhenI twerked onstage with Lizzo, it was an act of political defiance.
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Before we can control the external factors around us it is important that we look withinand learn how to accurately control our emotions because they affect how well our brain canfunction. In Lisa Barett's article “Are You in Despair? That’s Good,
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Here is what I'm recommending: R. seems to suggest that mindfulness has two problems: 1) it's overrated as a creative force; 2) it detaches us from our emotions and thus makes us indifferent to problems. The other two authors seem to be "solving" those problems in their own way. Can you put them all together?
Second thing: what to do we do with all this? An applied conclusion gives your audience something to do instead of just information. You can even relate it back to yourself and what you do.
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I concluded thatit is different for everyone. It is obvious that everyone works differently no matter what we do,and Lynch had not thought about these ideas.
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Our own experiences are different from everyone else’s, and just like Ratnayakeconcluded above, our mindfulness methods are unique too. Emotional granularity, as discussedby Lisa Barrett, is an obtainable practice of “experiencing the world, and yourself, moreprecisely.” (Barrett)
The beginning of this paragraph gives us an opportunity to tie the two authors' observations together. How do emotional granularity and mindfulness compete or collaborate with one another?
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To tie thisprocess into creativity, it can be inferred that without a calm mind, you cannot be creative.
Good observation.
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She explains thatthese “exercises” are bringing us away from what is happening now, therefore they will lead usto dwelling on our past experiences.
You'll want to support this interpretation with text. I didn't read it the same way.
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new ideas in different, unique ways
Let's give a concrete example of this.
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The problem of mindfulness
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Although Schalk talks about self-expression as a form of creativity Lynch’s article,“Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
There's an opportunity here to contrast the pieces by project rather than by content. Let's discuss.
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Well her limits hide the fact that not everyone is always going to agree with how youchoose to express yourself and your beliefs.
Is this necessarily a limit? Some one can always disagree with you. Let's see if we can be a little more precise in defining what the perspective overlooks.
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professional. In her article she talks about how people on social media were leaving negativecomments because she was being ‘unprofessional’ outside of work. She goes on to talk aboutwhat she teaches her students and how it would not be right if she does not follow what sheteaches outside of her work. It’s allowing her to have a deeper relationship with her students andbond with them over common feelings. Through the article, Schalk uses a lot of words likeself-love, body positivity, pleasure to support her thoughts on self-expression. All of these termsare positive words that represent yourself. In the article Schalk writes, “Our society tells us thatpleasure is bad and sinful, when in fact pleasure is healing and sustaining
Good summary here, but perhaps focus more on Schalk's project (what kinds of impact she wants) and how this relates to creativity.
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In the article, “When I twerked onstage with Lizzo, it was an act of politicaldefiance” by Schalk
No need to give us the title and author again. Just give me some thing like, "Schalk writes that...."
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When I Twerked onstage with Lizzo, it was an act of politicaldefiance”
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Through this paper I will use articles fromSami Schalk, David Lynch and Sahanika Ratnayake to demonstate how self-expression is a wayof using creativity.
Imagine yourself as writing for a public audience (maybe on the internet) that isn't familiar with the class or the assignment, so that there's no need to talk about "the paper."
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n the world we use creativity in everyday life. Whoever you are at some point in yourlife while growing up you have felt like an outsider, not comfortable with showing who youreally are afraid that others are going to judge you
See if we can spice this up with a brief example or two.
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Creativity in the form of self-expression
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It’s another perspective of creating, or rather engaging, with yourmedium for the love of the art.
You might also comment on the product-process distinction that Chachra seems interested in.
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Give me a title, please.
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This idea of creativity of making for love and not for money does have its merit, but thereis also an idea overlooked by this in which society only appreciates the creator rather than theones who help to continue the tradition
I like the idea that we've structured this essay in part around the economic aspects of creativity.
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