The student presented book reviews have proven to be very interesting in the scope and diversity of text on the broad subject of creativity. Today's theoretical lecture was so vast that it was difficult to follow and make a logical sequential progression. The presentation itself was wonderful, it was just the topic I had trouble following. I am so thankful that I pursuing this degree as a seasoned non-traditional....if I had been presented with this much information as a traditionally aged student, I truly believe my brain would have exploded from the attempt to gather, organize, retain and be transformed by the avalanche of information, new concepts and theories....not to mention the application of theory to practice and what has worked and what hasn't. My mantra of "It's not how much you know, but how much you can take" had a new line added that says "...and what you deem worthy of accepting." It took me many years to develop any kind of filter. I feared that I was too ignorant to apply any kind of qualifying measure to new concepts or ideas, but I now am at least confident enough to use self-talk like "that's a bunch of...."
or "that could have merit" or even just "cool". I do like to listen with an open mind, but some things just have to enter and move on down the line without using any bandwidth. That is somewhat liberating, not
obsessing about every little detail. "It's not how much you know....
Watched The Secret Life of Bees as a suggestion of a good memoir. I was moved by the film and am anxious to listen to the audio book.
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