#Creative innovation

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Journal Entry: Reflection on My Creativity and Innovation Course Journey

Starting out in week one of the Creativity and Innovation course, my primary goal was to develop a better understanding and a more structured approach to problem solving that would work for both my professional and personal projects. I wanted to add more tools to my toolbox that I could utilize that would help me develop more creativbe solutions to any problems that may pop up non my journey to entrepreneurship. I believed that this course would offer me new perspectives on how to be more creative with innovations in different fields, especially since I have two business projects I want to work on.

The two writing ventures I want to work on would be opening a 24/7 coffee shop and bookstore combined, as well as expanding my freelance writing business. This course has exceeded my expectation by providing a hands-on approach to creativity, showing me how to build and push past my initial ideas and explore ideas that aren't so linear. I have read a lot of different articles, and watched a lot of different videos this month, and I learned the different techniques of design thinking, prototyping, and creative problem-solving that allowed for a more human-centered approach to innovation. I learned that empathy is very important, and if we can cater to our users we will more likely succeed because it will build on being user friendly.

A valuable take away was understanding how I could balance creativity with a driven mindset. This course heavily emphasized that creativity isn't just an expression within the art world but its crucial for trying to find meaninful solutions, especial when working on social entrepreneurship principles. I learned that innovation often comes from the intersection of various fields and by taking the insights from different fields, we can create ideas that are not only original but it can resonate with us, and the users on a practical level.

Moving forward with my academics and personal life, I want to apply what I learned this month. In my writing, I want to be more structured brainstorming and experimenting with different writing techniques. I would also, like to get my reader base opinions and take their feedback and apply it to my writing so it can better cater to something that they also want to read. This would create a more human-centered approach for my writing. I also want to push the creative bounderies when it comes to creating character arcs, and take a non traditional approach to my plotlines.

This class has equipped me with a more open mindset and I am better equipped to approach new challenges more innovatively and creatively.

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SECOND SESSION

Envisioning Collaboration: Group Verbal-visual Composing in a System of Creativity by Geoffrey A. Cross

After the first session I read the book ‘Envisioning Collaboration’ by Geoffrey A. Cross and Charles H. Sides for the better understanding of the concept of interdisciplinary group collaboration. This book gave me a lot of new perspectives of how things work in this group projects and how I can work collaboratively with the group and complete the project successfully.

I was always used to working alone even in a group of people with same courses I always have my own ideas with a limited point of views so I taught in a group of people with different courses I would be totally lost and on my own but after reading some points in this book like "Everyone's been sitting in their own little corner working on it, and then you come in and see what someone else did, and it's 'Huh, I didn't even think of that.' And you don't take their ideas, but it will inspire you for something else." (TR 66) (Cross & Charles, 2011). I felt like I can really improve my teamwork skills and my technical skills too. And this "There's a lot of one-on-one stuff that goes on. That's where some... decisions get made. It's just kind of talking instead of the big group- [for example] 'Neil, you're not saying anything. What do you think about doing this?' or 'Bob, here's how I think we should do the strategy.""(TR 686) (Cross & Charles, 2011). Made me think how much one can gain, expand, and learn from each other in the group just with a little bit of communication. Just dividing work among us, discussing our progress from time to time, sharing our work and getting new ideas and developing them further will make the project go swimmingly. The most important part of it all is to assigning roles. These roles are given in Brightspace under this module contents as group roles. It contains of 5 roles, and they are: 1. Visualisers, 2. Project Manager, 3. Communications, 4. Technician assistants, 5. Interpretations.

And, in my opinion the key to forming a good understanding between team members is inspiration towards the project it’s like when you are doing the project you have to feel the project, know it, and connect to it.

So, during this second session when we were discussing the idea from last session, I realised I am not fully inspired or connected to this concept, but my team members seemed to be inspired by it. So, I was searching for a new group. This is when I met two more who taught the same as me and searching for teammates so, we formed a group with just the three of us. And one of them already had an idea of what she wants to do. When she explained it, I felt inspired by the concept immediately. Which I will be discussing in my next blog.

References:

Cross, G. A., & Sides, C. H. (2011). Envisioning Collaboration : Group Verbal-Visual Composing in a System of Creativity. Taylor & Francis Group.

The University of Huddersfield. (2023 January 27). Roles [Powerpoint Presentation]. School of Art and Humanities.

https://brightspace.hud.ac.uk/d2l/le/content/220703/viewContent/2124895/View

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Susan Sontag, "The Death of Tragedy"

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When Did Books Become So... Formulaic? Part 1

When did books start feeling like they had to follow a set formula to be considered “good”? When did writing become less about creative expression and more about ticking off boxes—engaging opening, structured setting, the “right” pacing? Everywhere you turn, someone is telling you how to write a book, how to make it “marketable,” how to fit it into a mold that guarantees an audience. And I get it. I’ve internalized it too.

But what even is writing? Shouldn’t it be art? Shouldn’t it be free? Shouldn’t a book be a canvas where words don’t have to march neatly in line but can sprawl, dance, or drip like paint? Who says the text has to be left-aligned? What if a story unfolded in a spiral, or if every chapter was a shape, a rhythm, a feeling? What if the structure itself was part of the message, not just a vessel to deliver a pre-approved plot?

And the thing is—people are doing this. There are writers experimenting, bending form, breaking rules, making books that are more than just books. But where are they? Why aren’t they the ones being given the biggest platforms? Why do the same kinds of books, the same kinds of authors, the same familiar beats keep getting pushed forward while boundary-pushing works are dismissed as “niche” or “too risky”?

Traditional publishing doesn’t seem to make space for them. If they want to be seen, they have to carve their own path, fund themselves, market themselves, do everything alone. And that can be exhausting. It can drain the passion out of something that was once pure expression. It can force people to conform just to survive.

So I guess my question is—why? Why do we act like writing is a machine instead of an art form? Why do we reward the safe and familiar while sidelining the bold and visionary? And what would books look like if we truly let them be free?

Let's discuss this...

I've been thinking about this and I got a lot of rambling posts on this topic.

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