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Cody White


Last Updated: 9/23/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Single
Age: 19
Sign: Capricorn

City: Paso Robles
State: California
Country: US
Signup Date: 2/17/2005
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 

Current mood:  contemplative
Category: Blogging
*continuation of my past blog.. ran out of room...*Obviously this disapointed me, but it got me to thinking... Is there only one way to think, creatively or intellectually? Just think of it this way, my dad is an intellectual, he believes in a persuit of fact and statistics. He studies the ways of science, and expresses his views through the use of his teaching credential, but sticks to only those views, in that his way is the only correct way, and others who don't think in his way of thinking are wrong.I, on the other hand, am a creative individual. I believe that the best way to use your mind is through the use of your imagination, and anyone who wishes to may show the way they think through some art form. Altough, that's all fine and dandy, I feel that there is little use for noncreative works of intellect, such as writing essays, the numbers and words in science and math, as well as the pedictable world of politics. *Continued...*
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So Much for the Afterglow
By Everclear
Release date: 04 November, 2003
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Never Fear <Natalina>

 
Your question, “Is there only one way to think, creatively or intellectually,” is a very puzzling question, indeed.

Here’s my opinion, which I’ve gathered from my observations and experiences: In order for one to live sanely in this world, one has to think with both the intellectual and creative factors. To think in one direction (or the other) is wrong, ignorant, and selfish.
If you really think about it, creativity and intellect come hand in hand. I’ll give you several examples of how “intellectual” characteristics such as science, math, writing, and politics are sewn together seamlessly with the imagination that goes into the arts, the “creative” spectrum:

-So many different chemical compounds and mixtures go into paints and dyes, which is used for visual arts, stagecraft, and costuming.
-Math is needed to build structures in stagecraft, as well as costuming.
-This world has become highly digitalized, especially in the arts. Digital art (obviously) needs computers. iPods and other digital music devices are full of elaborate electronic circuits. To even engineer the basic AM/FM radio, one has to have a general background consisting of concepts like math, quantum physics, and mechanics.
-Performing arts centers, like the TPAC, if properly built, need mathematical and chemical precision to produce the best acoustics.
-Playwrights, composers, choreographers, and visual artists get major influence from the facts and stats that surround them. For example, Picasso painted Guerencia (sp?) as a reaction to the harsh realities war casualties bring. Johnathan Larson, in reaction to the AIDS epidemic and NYC life, wrote the musical/rock opera RENT.
-Picasso’s Guerencia also comes into play with history and politics. In addition, the visual and performing arts are used constantly as political propaganda. Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” Nazi Germany banning jazz in replacement of traditional German music, even television commercials for the ’08 Presidential Election!

Whether you and your dad like it or not, one needs the other to survive, to grow. Being one side or the other is kinda being close-minded.
 
Posted by Never Fear <Natalina> on Friday, February 29, 2008 - 5:45 AM
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