Defying the Box--Jeyovana

The box is a confined space that lacks or has limited creativity and lacks enough space
for the free flowing of ideas. Creativity is the flow of ideas that exists outside the norms. It can
come in several different and unique forms that might only be clear to the owner of that idea of
creativity. Creativity is open to different interpretations of what it truly is and the various levels
of it. I look at certain art forms and situations and based them off my expectation of what is
considered to be the box. I look for things and solutions that are outside the box in order to come
up with unique situations that might give insight to the situations.
This box traps many individuals and prevents the flow of ideas. My creativity is not
limited to the box, however, because I am an out of the box type of thinker. For instance, during
orientation there was a station that me and my team had to solve a series of puzzles in order to
move on to the next station. At first, no one could solve the puzzles cause they kept doing the
same thing and were expecting different results. Instead of jumping straight into it after my first
attempt, I stepped back and analyze the various different ways I took approach this problem.
While everyone was focused on the inner part and working outwards, I decided to look at it from
a different angle and started to work from the outer parts and work my way inwards.
This method turned out to be the correct one and helped to solve the puzzle. My unique
problem solving skills shows that creativity does exist at different level because me looking at
the puzzle from a different perspective that was different than others resulted in the completion
of the puzzle. The box consist of those who think that creativity is the only limited to art related
forms. Creativity is anything that exists beyond the limits of this box. The elements that exist outside the limits of the box are endless because I know that if I remained trap in it I cannot
express my ideas fully. I would be limited to only the ideas that me and the rest of the world
thought of and there would be not originality. Exploring ideas outside society’s norms allow me
to constantly see the world through different lens.
“The Box” is a trap that hold ideas hostage and does not want the creativity to penetrate
it. Creativity stimulates the imagination and imagination is vital to sustaining my control within
the world. Without creativity and imagination, life becomes nothing but constant repetition. The
Box lacks the ability to sustain an environment affluent of ideas and it contains the societal
normal way of living. The normal way of living is to not question anything and to repeat the
same actions and practice the same methods over and over again. These limits need to be broken
in order to create something that is out of the ordinary and once the limits are broken the
creativity is able to prosper.