Throughout my semester in this course, I have embraced ambiguity and tried to adapt to creative confidence as well. Creative confidence is something that I think is necessary in almost all aspects of life, where being confident and creative separately are crucial. Creative confidence is important as it can push a designer forward to think outside of the box and more creatively. Being able to be confident in your own thoughts and ideas can be hard, and this was something I struggled with. Especially speaking towards the design process, I had to think of something creative that would be enough for me throughout the time in quarantine. This habit of creative confidence was crucial for this design process because of the way I had to brainstorm and continue to build off of my ideas throughout the semester. From the design process and creative confidence specifically, I have found that I need to push myself to go with what I think is best for me personally.
On top of the design process, the assignments we were given while on campus were often vague and ambiguous on purpose. Combining the ambiguity and the creative confidence, I had to be confident in my ability to find a solution to the ambiguous tasks that were given to us. When I was sometimes unsure of what I should be doing for a certain assignment, it was important that I stuck with what I thought was best and put my full effort into it in order to both embrace this ambiguity and be confident in my decisions. I think that the combination of this creative confidence and embracing ambiguity were two that I found to be helpful for me throughout the semester in my growth as a MIDE student.
One habit that I think I need to work on would be the child’s eye and hyper observation. I tend to go into things, specifically assignments, having a thought or idea already in my head that might influence what I end up thinking about the assignment and where I would go with it. Not having any biases or preconceived notions about a certain topic should help me to embrace this ambiguity even more, and I think I struggled with doing this. I think being in quarantine during a global pandemic can definitely help me grow in this habit. With my whole life essentially being uprooted, I have had to find new ways of living and adapt to this new life. With seeing things from a new or fresher perspective, I could end up being more optimistic about the pandemic and see things from a new light. It can be hard in this situation to not fall into a rut, and I think If I practice this child’s eye mentality, this can certainly help me.
In terms of building more of an innovative character, I think this class in general and having to move to the design process has greatly helped me. Being able to approach things from a new point of view and having to completely change my mindset allowed me to think more creatively and with more importance. I have found that I care more about my day to day life with what I developed from the design process, and that is something that came from the beginning of classes when building up my innovative character started.
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