Category: Student Reports

          I was intrigued by an issue raised in Dr. Fred Grinnell’s essay, “Posthumanism–The Path Not Yet Taken.”  Specifically, Grinnell mentions the controversy regarding the existence of the free-living human embryo and whether such embryo qualifies as a “person” or a clump of human cells? (par. 5).  Such a question is one of common debate today, but as […]

At the start of the project I was very interested in teaching the “creative process” using games. Starting the semester I had no idea where to begin or what the creative process really was, at least in a demystified enough way that could then be translated in the logic rule structure of a game. At […]

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Raffaello D’Andrea’s approach to the creative act may seem different from most engineers because he believes that one should design, or create, for the mere sake of creativity. He had stated that the engineer does not need to address a certain problem, for with innovation, the application can come later. But does the engineer create […]

First off I thoroughly enjoyed both meeting Csikszentmihalyi in the morning and his presentation at night. He is very insightful yet down to earth which made conversing with him all the more enjoyable. Coming from the field of video games, Csikszentmihalyi’s work on flow is something that is used throughout the industry as many games […]

The Csikszentmihalyi lecture continues the theme I keep noticing of the balance between the individual and the group in the creative process.  Since I have decided to use this aspect as the basis for my creative project, I believe I will continue to search for this thread in every lecture and reading.  In the Csikszentmihalyi’s […]

I was eager to meet Mr. Crewdson after watching his Ovation channel documentary. I find his photographs to be captivating, darkly beautiful and compelling. Many of his images take place in the suburbs-at home. My favorite of which is Ophelia from his Twilight series and is very recognizable. In the image a woman is floating in […]

Dr. Neressian’s ideas concerning scientific concepts adhere to a much more rigid philosophy than Simonton’s belief.  She focuses on closing the gap between the initial hypothesis and the Eureka moment.  Specifically she demystifies the Eureka moment and provides a more concrete explanation.  While I can appreciate and agree with the crux of her position- the […]

There were several concepts presented by Dr. Simonton, both in the articles in and at our morning meeting, that I find applicable to my practice of creativity. First, Dr. Simonton’s poses that a creative idea or concept must meet all three of the following criteria; original, novel or surprising, adaptive or functional, and the added […]

I really enjoyed Dr. Simonton’s lecture and the breakfast meeting Thursday morning. He has a great deal of information to share and relates conplex ideas in a very simple way. I am glad we had a chance to visit before the lecture and discuss some of his views, especially those relating to the topic of […]