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.