Technology+&+Creativity


 * __Technology and Creativity (and reflection on video seen in class)__**

The video we saw in class was about an artist/engineer who made different machines mostly out of found materials. It was, in a way, inspiring because it showed some of the many possibilities of art and technology. It showed that everyday items that we would normally throw away or not think twice about could be used for a much more creative pursuit. After seeing it you start to think about your own life and how you have been creative. I can’t think of any one time in my life that has been more creative than the others, but I think most of my creativity has been in art or through art especially when it comes to hiding messages in my artwork. I think I can put my creativity into more practice by trying to think outside of the box more often. I thought the video was also quite interesting and it really showed what creativity was. Once you really think about it you begin to realize a lot about what creativity means. Now to me, creativity is everything around me that has been made in some way. Everything and everyone is already creative and has immense potential to push creativity as far into the infinite as is possible; because creativity has no limit, no boundaries and no rules. Creativity is everything. In the video there was an “artist” who had made these machines that bathed themselves in oil and made wishbones walk. Which is something quite out of the ordinary and totally unexpected; it is a perfect example of creativity, but creativity doesn’t just refer to turning unusual, never-thought-of before ideas into reality. No, it is so much more than that. It is any act or thought that creates something out of nothing or even, nothing out of something and expresses your ideas. It can be as simple as drawing a single red line on a white piece of paper or as complex as the machines built in the video. Either way creativity, as with everything else, can only be what you make it to be. What one person might see as a breakthrough of creativity another might see as something bland and boring. The video also showed how creativity could be combined with technology and engineering. This enforced the true meaning of technology. Technology is everything that we create through the design cycle. It is full of systems and processes and the machines in the video showed just that. Each wheel and crank on the machines was linked and connected to another, so they were all intertwined creating a complex, yet simple system. This crank turns that one which then turns another and eventually it connects to another wheel which might make a person walk across a tightrope or might lead to a chair being made to perform various acrobatics and then softly and gently placed back in its original starting position. All of which would not be possible without the use and help of the design cycle. Also, technology without creativity would be nothing; because technology is the way we solve problems through creativity and innovation. Creativity, like the design cycle, is at the very base of technology making it possible to improve life and solve problems. Therefore creativity is extremely important and an essential part of life as it helps us to evolve, in a way, and move forward in life and to think outside, or even inside the box.