This week’s readings were very inspiring. I enjoy reading about creativity from a mindset perspective and am always energized to practice mindfulness for the sake of finding my creativity. Although I’ve known of these sorts of concepts before, I was refreshed in considering them again as I am different today than I have been in the past. Today I read about these concepts and think about how difficult these avenues towards being creative can be in practice. Finding one’s way through things like judgment, assumption, and even fear can be an incredibly difficult thing to achieve mentally. Especially in the world we live in today. I don’t believe that mental practices like this are taught or valued in our society and it really has a damaging effect on the innovation of our society as a whole. In ‘Practices for Creating’ Michael Jones states “Inquiry finds its roots in the curiosity we had as children” and I find that this is often something adults are missing in their lives. There seems to be a search for how to feel creative, playful or imaginative as we once did as children and the question lies in how did we lose those abilities to begin with. I think that our society can view these sorts of wandering endeavors as childish or immature. There doesn’t seem to be a huge amount of value put in aimless action or movement that isn’t driven by purpose or in our capitalistic world, profit. In a bigger picture it’s difficult for capitalism to be innovative because there’s risk involved in slowing down and taking your time, exploring creative solutions or wandering aimlessly for the sake of innovation. I find this to be such a shame. For businesses that value this, it could mean you fall behind on profits and even go out of business. How is it possible for the capitalistic world we live in to transition to one that can be rewarded for slowing down, pursuing creative solutions and wandering aimlessly for the sake of finding everyone’s individual ideas. This seems to be a question worth exploring through these very means!
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