Best of Today: The Creative Mind

Today in Humanities we had a repeat of one of my favorite days, we had a youtube film festival. These aren't just ordinary youtube videos though, the videos we watch have to pertain to the humanities, not just be an ordinary funny video. After leaving class and looking back on it, three of the videos we watched today really stuck in my mind. The first one being the video of the one singer dubbing himself over and over to create a full song. This video really stuck to me at first because of my love of music. The guy was a very good singer and had great presence on stage. But looking deeper into the video I realize the craftsmanship and the artistic thinking that went into the video as a whole. It took a creative mind to think up of the idea of dubbing yourself over to create a masterpiece tune. The next video that demonstrated this creative thinking was the video on the wall mural. This video went through the intricate design and craftsmanship of creating an outstanding mural for a wall. Watching the artists go through and carefully paint and draw each detail made my mind go wild. I couldn't fathom to think that a human could not only think of such detail but then do it by hand as well. And the third video embodied the same creative thinking that the first two did as well. The third video that caught my attention today was the video of an artist who utilized live looping to create a digital masterpiece of himself singing a song. This video was probably my favorite of the ones we watched today. I liked it because I am into recording as well. I know how to loop and have tried it in the past. Watching someone else try and master the art of looping live really gave me an appreciation for what I do and what many others do around the world. Digital recording is a lot of fun and takes a creative mind to be successful. These three videos were definitely the highlight of my day.