Shahram Chaudhry
While Kermit defined creativity in several ways from seeing the world through an unusual perspective, to trying to make it through living in a swamp, the idea of creativity as being who you are and the thing that keeps you going resonated the most with me. The belief that you’re either a creative person or a technical person has been ingrained in me through my country’s academic culture and I’ve been made to believe that I’m not creative at all (I never got bored in NYUAD so I’m definitely not ‘not creative.’) I’ve conveniently justified my reluctance to take creative chances by using lack of time as an excuse but this class would be a great opportunity to explore my creative side. Also, I realize the importance of not being afraid of failure because what might seem as a mistake or failure could produce different but entirely useful outcomes. “Sometimes, it’s not important to know the destination when we start the journey,” ( I reassure myself as I’m about to figure out how to reach a lake 1.5 hrs away).