Level One - Journaling Memories begin to come to the surface. Anxiety released through the written word. Level Two - Writing to the Therapist Validation of experience by outside source, feelings are finally heard and uncovered from within. Level Three - Creative writing of the event...

In her book, \"The Creative Connection,\" Natalie Rogers states that \"a connection exists between our life-force – our inner core, or soul - and the essence of all beings.\" I believe that the overall question posed in this book was directed towards two audiences in a way. One audience being reac...

The Role Of Writing "Sometimes it feels like the world's on my shoulders, everyone's leaning on me..... I act like shit don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy! My insecurities could eat me alive!" Eminem truly described it best. There has been so many times in my life w...

Statement of intention: In response to the selection of Australian poems on the theme of art and the artist I am going to write about an artist's need to create art. I will attempt to answer the question of why it is so important for an artist to create, incorporating my interpretation of wha...

According to The American Art Therapy Association, "Art therapy is a mental health profession that uses the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of individuals of all ages. Through creating art and reflecting on the art products an...

Creative Ways of learningThe first thing I want to point out in this essay is that I've been in school for about eleven years and I'm finally being taught how to learn. These methods have been around for a while and still the school system is so set in it's ways that it is barely beginning to change...

When someone talks about dreams the first thing that they say is, was it good or bad. No one ever talks about what was the purpose behind the dream. Creative people tend to have more apprehensive dreams than do other people. Sometimes these intense dreams provide the inspiration for their creative...

According to comic book author Gerard Jones, the Incredible Hulk undid muchof the psychological damage done to him by overprotective parents and arepressive culture. By awakening little Gerard to his alter-ego, the Hulkempowered him, helped him find an avenue for the repressed rage andpowerlessness ...

Can Creativity be taught?Can creativity be taught, that is the question? I think that creativity can't be taught, because creativity naturally comes to people. Webster's Dictionary states that creativity is the ability to create. If you can create something then you are creative person. Everyone ...

Education: Learning By Communism? Through Freire's " The Banking Concept of Education," we see the effects this concept has on it's students and also we see the effects that the alternate concept, problem-posing has. The 'banking' concept allows the studen...

Intelligence is the ability to perceive more of what you know. Every individual has a certain amount of intelligence, but that intelligence can only be introduced to a group or community. You only get smarter when people share what they think or know. In the excerpt Possible Lives: The Promise ...

The assignment I created, 'Create A New Word' has been adapted to the learning skills and intellects my mind and body as become accustomed to. For example, the assignment has been tailored to fit the lifestyle and learning habits of a multitalented, and functional student. A visual learner that ha...

People seek words and phrases that convey their ideas, to have an impact or to alter in some way the listener's minds or even the trend the world is taking. However, I feel that once the words are free from being restricted in one's mind and are expressed, they are never able to so vividl...

The subconscious is usually the right side of the brain or the opposite side of the persons writing hand. Within the subconscious lie different types of things such as suppressed emotions, creativity, and basic human instinct (Ullman and Zimmerman 1979). The conscious part of the mind works when peo...

The meaning and relevance of dreams is a highly debated issue in modern psychology. Some psychologist believe dreaming is nothing more that the random firing of cells in the brain producing non-relevant, meaningless images during sleep. Others believe that dreams are a window into the unconscious mi...

Good Teacher Essay Teachers have the very important responsibility of shaping the lives of young, impressionable children. With this responsibility comes great pride and joy. Therefore all teachers should strive for what can be considered to be a "good teacher." A good teacher can be d...

Rough Copy of Bicentennial man In ESL we were given a task by the teacher, to write about a movie called bicentennial man. I learnt about the meaning of life, how robots work and the emotions. Bicentennial man is a robot called Andrew who is played by the actor Robin Williams. He slowly become...

I found Dr. Webb's discussion of left-brain and right-brain characteristics very interesting. Especially when taken into account with how "gifted" children are identified. Teachers, group test scores, and grades often identify gifted children. However, many gifted children aren&apo...

There is no best way to learn. Everyone learns differently, and because of this, the best way to learn is the way you learn. A learning style is a certain way that the mind receives and processes new information. There are many different approaches to learning, but the three main styles are visual, ...

"Game" Written AnalysisBackground--Barthelme was an artist and sculptor. This fact explains his meticulous attention to giving the reader the setting so realistically. Donald Barthelme " paints" the setting in the reader's mind. As Donald artistically puts together the story elements, his creative...

Speak your MindWilliam Stafford once said, "Writing itself is one of the great, free human activities." Every person is entitled to his or her own opinion. In writing you can feel assured that you can be free with your ideas and beliefs without being judged. No teacher can give you an unfair grade ...

Since ancient times, philosophers and artists struggle to define art. According to Webster\'s Online Dictionary, art is \"the products of human creativity.\" [1] To such a wide definition, we can class anything as art that comes out of the imagination of individuals. Everything that exists has its o...

As a student of the University of Phoenix I have laid out a few personal goals for myself to achieve. I divided my goals into two categories, long-term goals and short-term goals. My short term goals are to develop essential skills such as research skills, written communication skills, personal ...

There had been difficulties defining art, but as it was defined in general, it is the product of creative human activity in which materials are shaped or selected to convey an idea, emotion, or visually interesting form. Art can\'t easily be defined as simple as any ordinary object because it implie...

I believe the purposes of education are necessary for the child to live a successful life. Not only do children learn mathematics, science, history, or english at school, they also learn the social economics and the development of speaking. Everything taught in school will someday benefit the chil...