Mindmap

After I pasted my mind map onto the wall of the our class, I took a step back to look at the work I have completed and was amazed to see the amount of words I had written on the page. I felt a sense of self-accomplishment. I am going to admit, when the assignment was given to us I was not looking forward to doing it at all because after looking at the artistic ability of some of the examples I thought it was going to be near impossible for me considering the fact that I am artistically challenged really, or so I thought. However, as I sat down and word after word kept popping into my head I gained confidence and putting color and artistic elements onto the 11x17 inch paper, the words came to life. For the first time I thought that I was being artistic, even creative. After completing my project, I went back over my work following the arrows of each word as they led to the next. I was amazed to see how my brain works and how each word made me think of something completely different. It was very rewarding to me to see my brain process on a sheet of paper and see how my ideas sprang from one thing to the next. Even though this MindMap was an assignment I thoroughly enjoyed doing it. It has been a long time since I have actually enjoyed doing a project for school. My MindMap not only showed me how my brain works and the process it goes through; but it also showed me that I can be artistic and that I have a lot of ability to think out of the box and be creative if I want to. I still remember a quote from class; it has always stuck with me because prior to this class I thought that I was the least creative person there was. “Creativity is not the exception it is the rule.” For the first time I actually know what this means and can obtain it to my own life. I believe in this quote. I know I have not reached my maximum potential of creativeness, however I know that I am on the road to becoming the creative person I want to be.