Metacognition: QE Essay

The question I explored in the QE essay was: How does reading play a role in creativity? While I explored this question I found answers to many other questions. In the sources I researched I broadened my thinking to creativity as a whole, not just the reading aspect of it. By doing this, I opened up my mind to different ideas and concepts about creativity. This type of thinking surprised me because in a way I was being creative myself, I was opening my mind to more ideas and not just focusing on one. By doing this I was able to get a better idea of what creativity ultimately meant to me. I like this way of thinking because it really allows my mind to expand on one idea and apply it to different ideas. It also helps with brainstorming ideas to work off of. One drawback to this type of thinking is that I have a tendency to get off track sometimes. With this I would like to work better at controlling my thoughts and ideas around one central subject and not be so scatterbrained. This way I'll have an easier time tying my thoughts into one idea.

Blogging Around

The first comment I posted was on Jenny’s Blog. She did a blog about people with “odd brains.” This really made me think about those kinds of people and how they contribute to our world today. It was a good exercise to try to empathize with “odd brained” people.

I really like your thinking on this! I believe as well that people with special needs are in a way lucky because they see the world in a completely different way then we do. What you said about autism is interesting. I never thought about it that way how they are focused on being good at one specific thing, but that makes a lot of sense. It is like Temple Grandin who revolutionized the way cattle were treated. People with "special needs" maybe should be called people with "special abilities" because in certain ways they are more advanced than we are. This blog post really made me think about people with special needs. Thank you!

My second comment was on Jae’s blog. His blog was about classical musicians in the twenty-first century, and what music they would have liked. This blog really made me think deep about Mozart and try to put myself in his shoes, like he was alive today. It was hard to think about but also fun to try and guess what kind of music he would listen to nowadays!

Hmmmmmm very interesting. This blog has made me consider a lot of possibilities. I personally think that Mozart would be into metal music because of the artistic guitar riffs and complex drum rhythms. If you are going by more personalities I agree that contemporary musicians and Mozart have similar personalities. But music wise they are different. Contemporary music isn't as complex as Mozart's pieces. I don't know if Mozart would have liked simplicity or complexity. Wow, this has really made me think.