First Thoughts 2022 Global Context

What is the nature and purpose of creative expression?

Creativity is important because it lets people express their thoughts, feelings, culture, and more in different manners. Creative freedom allows individuals to make their own decisions and do or create something of their own. It is somewhat rewarding to achieve something creatively because it is known that this was done on the person's own terms. I find it really interesting how creativity is a broad topic and everything can fit into it as long as original and imaginative ideas were used to complete it.

For example, music is a great form of creative expression because even if you are learning from sheet music, you have full creative freedom in the case of different techniques you can use to elevate the music. I personally use my intuition and make split second decisions about techniques such as dynamics and note length. Like this, original ideas are great.