Friday Night Thesis

What do you do on Friday Nights in the Summer?

Here's my research paper for Creativity: Theory and Practice. It hasn't been carefully proofread or finished. But is a start. We'll see what changes. Certainly something will


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The pursuit of achieving the highest level of success requires many pieces to work together. Achieving these best results can often come with a price tag. Long hours, repeated tries, failed and abandoned projects pile up along the way. Yet when we do not hold back, we often find our true passions and experience the most satisfying results of all our strenuous effort. Not giving a project or experience our all can come from a variety of reasons. The fear of failure, others judging us, social constraints or laziness all become hurdles that either challenge us to go further or stop us in our tracks. The variety of creative axioms all challenge the artist to express their art through many avenues. I would like to suggest that three axioms work together in art and in teaching. The concepts to “Be Extravagant”, “Honor Obsession”, and “Don’t Hold Back” all find their place in traditional artistic expression as well as in the art of teaching. I will examine the attitude of a purposeful, passionate pursuit of what we love, do, create and learn. Two twentieth century artists, Georgia O’Keeffe and Jackson Pollock, both challenged the art world with their bold and relentless artistic expressions. While their artwork was controversial and questioned, their refusal be limited by the constraints of their time transformed themselves and art. Similarly, the challenges that teachers face to go along with the established system can often hinder natural enthusiasm and talent. Educators that push the boundaries and teach extravagantly create memorable experiences for their students and push the quality of educational standards higher as a result.