Author Archives: Geoffrey Webster

Are People Getting Less Creative? The Full Picture Art: The Ultimate Enigma Being Open Only Makes You Stronger Breaking The Mind Boundaries The Frame of Mind The Cautionary Creativity Crunch Being Open Cures Blindness I Bought A Camera Breaking Through The Canvas

Part 1: From da Vinci to Kanye West, the art world has witnessed entire revolutions. If we didn’t move on from admiring the perfectly symmetrical face of Mona Lisa, we would still be stuck in the Renaissance. Once again, humans rely on tradition, but also thrive on change. In other words, change is like aContinue reading “Writing Challenge #4”

Revisions: I expanded on Ruqeyeh’s view point on photography not truly being art and changed some wording for my analogy. Ibn Ruqeyeh and Jenika both tackle this issue. According to Jenika’s article “Photography Isn’t Art.” “The problem, of course, is that “art” is a valuable category, but there are no clear yellow-and-black stripes that standContinue reading “Writing Challenge #3”

On-Topic Research (Photography Not Being Art) In Ruqeyeh and Jenika’s articles, both authors tackle the question about photography being an art form. Jenika’s article takes a more libertarian approach to the topic, while Ruqeyeh’s takes a more firm approach. According to Jenika’s article “Photography Isn’t Art.” “The problem, of course, is that “art” is aContinue reading “Writing Challenge #2”

Like a well-built house, children need a well-built foundation. If children don’t have this well-built foundation, they will easily crumble and fall into mainstream society. Kyung Hee Kim (a researcher at the College of William and Mary) conducted research on children’s creativity and concluded that children are “less humourous, less imaginative and less able toContinue reading “Writing Challenge #1”

Step one When I was 6 years old, I went to Florida for the first time to see my father’s side of the family for the first time. It was also my first time on a plane, which was pretty nerve-racking. I still remember the takeoff being very scary. From the plane occasionally shaking toContinue reading “Voice Writing Activity”