History of ideas

and word choice, the reader gets a better sense of the poems emerging ideas. Throughout “Ozymandias” the writer points out the transient nature of human rule and how a great ruler is forgotten once gone. Juxtaposing this idea is “Sonnet 43” where the poem discusses the love of a woman towards…

“Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.” -Shoseki. When we grow up being reinforced the same ideas we often become blinded of the truth. The conceptions we develop throughout our lifespan can be about certain people, beliefs, customs, or even government policies. Everyone develops preconceived notions, it is something inevitable. But what separates people is their ability to resist to act on these thoughts regardless of how strong they may be. Certain ideologies have…

Creativity and Idea Generation Idea 1. A cast of characters! Understanding and leveraging roles associated with creativity and idea generation can be a novel but useful way to think differently about a problem to be solved. One method includes the four roles of the creative process; these are the roles of explorer, artist, judge, and warrior. The role of explorer is used when searching for new information; the role of artist is used to turn resources into new ideas; the judge evaluates the…

Reflecting upon the course, I have learned quite an extensive amount about different ways of being creative. I have never really been a creative individual, but this course has really helped me branch out from my comfort zone and learn different ways to be creative. I have learned about my creative process by engaging in the activities and reflections related to the personal creativity log, as well as other course material by concentrating on what I would create for each activity. Learning about…

meaning of his topics but the multiple ways of conveying the mackerel helped connect to the single idea of community. Doty’s expression of groups seems to be one of praise because groups allow people to live on through one another. The group of fish is made of individuals but they no longer become individuals when they are together. A community is made of different people that make up a common idea and therefore must be represented in different ways. In the essay “Can Poetry Console a Grieving…

The videos, What is Innovation and Where Good Ideas Come From, both relate to innovation. Both videos describe innovation, but in different ways. What is Innovation describes innovation more as dots, or ideas, that others have overlooked. These dots are ways in to which products and services better that have not yet been thought of. Where Good Ideas Come From describes innovations more as bigger ideas that are made up of smaller ones. These smaller ones find other smaller ones through…

I don’t believe that things or ideas just come from nowhere. I am a true believe that things happen for a reason. I believe that God has a purpose for everything. Tan also talks about things that happen from chance, random, and luck. “What are things that you get from the universe…

The case I am looking at from table 1.1 on page 6 is Mackey v. National Football League from 1976 where the main issue was the legality of the “Rozelle Rule”, which is a policy designated to restrict free agency. The issue that was being argued is the policy how it requires a team to give up players if it signs a free agent from another team that would be challenged as an illegal restraint on trade. The court ended up deciding that the “Rozelle Rule” is illegal and supporting free agency in…

to help to make an idea stick such as simplicity, unexpectedness, concreteness, credibility, emotions and stories. Although the article “what Sticks” is very different from “Brainology”, they both contain knowledgeable information that can help throughout life. The…

I was clouded by thoughts of what to do. I ended up asking my good friend, Spencer Rogers, who had graduated a year before me, whether or not it was a good idea to pick a new number. He told me “Maybe, a number is only a number. What you do while wearing the number is what really matters.” I thought about what he told me for the rest of the summer and when the time had come, I picked a new number for myself…