Creative
Drama Journal
To quote
a man I admire, “How
did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December
is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did
it get so late so soon?”
Dr. Seuss opened up my world of creativity at a very early age and
since then I have felt as though my creativity, like time, has been
fleeting. When I was young I read comic books and delved into fantasy
novels, engulfed by imagined worlds and fascinated by the fact that
such worlds were thought of by the creativity of others. I also
enjoyed playing video games and watching television, but more
importantly I had a passion for movies. Others claimed that these
divergents bogged down the imaginations of my generation, producing
individuals who had trouble thinking creatively on their own. Then
the Internet happened, and furthered this suspicion. Growing up, my
imagination expanded by the creative outlets like TV, video games,
comic books, or movies. They showed me how creative a human being
could be. It inspired me to write, I had a knack for writing even
though my handwriting was (and is still) atrocious. My English
teachers braved my chicken scratches to tell me that I wrote
creatively. However in retrospective, in ways I might not truly
understand (maybe it was puberty), it felt as though my creativity
peaked while I was in middle school and silently laid dormant in me
through high school. My passion and fascination with art, writing,
entertainment, and all other faucets of mankind's creative thrives
never went away even though my own creativity felt numb. Then I
graduated community college, transferred to San Diego State
University, and enrolled in Creative Drama.
This
semester my creativity was reawakened, when I went into my major I
thought my chances of being creative in my education and in my future
career in education were slim. Creative Drama is acting class,
writing class, and an internship as a TA all rolled into one
experience. We had the unique privilege of being students in the
class and also had our opportunities to be teachers. Our first group
project with a partner was exciting and rewarding, after seeing
everyone else present their projects made me anxious to creatively
prove my worth to others when it came to our time. Then individually
for my storytelling presentation I wanted to showcase my talents and
knowledge, however I felt as though I clammed up and didn't get to
everything I wanted. I took acting in high school and in my community
college, when I go on stage I do best when working off of someone and
focus my concentration almost as if the audience wasn't even there.
On my own, I feel the weight of it all more and more. Nevertheless,
chances like my storytelling project do not happen a lot to me and it
aspires me to seek out such chances in the future so that I can grow
comfortably presenting and informing in front of others. My lesson
plan for the Newberry novel and the lesson plan on my group topic,
have taught me that you can indeed be creative as an educator (it is
even necessary). Creating the activities allowed me to explore as
both a student and a teacher. These are activities I will go back
time and again to reference in my future career, I can't wait to see
them come to fruition. Among having a revived creativity, I now have
new aspirations of pursuing a career as a Drama or Theatre teacher.
I've always loved the theatre, it is the oldest form of
entertainment. To me, creativity and entertainment are deeply linked.
We are the only animals on the face of the planet that is conscious
of our own existence, creative entertainment sort of lightens this
burden for us. Life is very serious and also very short. We have very
little time together, so instead of fighting or frustrating ourselves
with our own metafiction, we should enjoy ourselves. Another man I
admire, Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We must use time
creatively,” and only now I am truly beginning to understand what
that means. I have enjoyed profoundly our time together in Theatre
310: Creative Drama, it is rare to have a experience that tests you
creatively. In my near future I will find more experiences to test my
creativity so that it will continue to be healthy and may grow.
Creativity is something that should never feel fleeting.
