Developing creativity

Assalamualaikum and Hello everybody…

It’s been quite some time since I last write on this blog. Well, actually I do love writing, especially creative writing, it’s my passion. I write short stories, radio and tv scripts but it’s all in malay though. I’ve never tried to write in English. I send my stories/scripts to our local paper and tv station. When my first 13-series drama script was broadcast on tv, I was so delighted and nervous at the same time.

Creativity is the theme topic I chose to talk about this time. Creativity in Wiktionary means the quality or ability to create or invent something, originality. Some people think, creativity is a gift or born-talent. Well, maybe it’s true to those renowned lifetime legend, like Shakespeare, Mozart, Leonardo Da Vinci, etc…etc…

But researchers also believe that creativity can be build, enhanced and nurtured through hard work, mistakes, observation, experiments, experiences, critical thinking and etc. Everybody has the ability to be creative and should have all the opportunity to develop their creativity. So, it’s the responsibility of teachers, parents and communities to cultivate, foster and develop the creativity in the life of their children/students.

There are many ways of developing creativity. Asking silly questions for an instance, yes probably, you’ll get silly answer but maybe creative, in a way. I’m sure with ICT and other multimedia as a tool, it will be a more interesting and motivational process.

So teachers, parents & friends… keep the goals high… who knows you may create another Einstein or Beethoven in the future?

Here’s an inspirational quotation from the man himself ;

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."-Albert Einstein