Creativity and Genre

            The creative process of an individual is amongst some of the most important factors when embarking on a new aspiration. This is especially important when the field are diverse through their styles and targeted audiences. This was very apparent in the Creativity Ted talk when the speaker mentioned the importance of avoiding the traditional stream of thinking. The talk suggested naïve experts and outliers as the most creative groups when it comes to innovation. The issue lies in the standard mindset that blocks a creative flow of thinking. Bravery to pursue the creative process is what develops the innovative products in our day. Stepping aside from the traditional way of thinking is perfectly represented in the new introductions activity. The activity presents the traditional way someone would introduce themselves to another person. Rather than mentioning main things you knew about yourself that sound the most interesting, the activity makes you select a topic and write several sentences based off the ideas surrounding it. The activity forced everyone into a new scope of thinking which ultimately developed a deeper meaning to the statements we made about ourselves. The activity demonstrates that the creative processes of thinking are beneficial when dealing with new fields across many approaches. The article “An interview with Rob Beghetto” does a magnificent job of showing the “beautiful risk” in using creative processes. When in an environment where the subject is questioned by many, a successful path of creative outlooks has the potential to contribute to the learning and lives of others. This demonstrates the significance of creative processes when addressing new choices that are not certain.

            One of the great editors that I selected to research was named Chris Stone. Chris Stone is the editor of Sports Illustrated, and he does a prophetic job at displaying the significance of sports in scope of the world. I wouldn’t say this is the most creative editor I’ve seen, however, with the sports genre the creativity isn’t always explicit. With simplistic photos and bold headlines, the creative style is apparent. The real creativity in his work lies within the articles themselves. The selective questions and relations of their viewpoints connects the sports world and the real world. I would hope to emulate this style on a much smaller scale. Competing with Sports Illustrated looks unrealistic. On the other hand, emulating this style and diversity could be done on the high school level. I also researched another editor named Johnathan Beverly who is the editor and chief for the magazine Runner’s World. Johnathan does an excellent style of incorporating products withing the article. The content pages displays the subject in the product with links to the product aside. I would also like to emulate a style similar to this incorporation, and hopefully combine the two to create something original. I would change the style and how the products are catered to the focused sport my magazine will revolve around.

            I plan to create a high school level magazine that goes in depth with local players and futures match ups. Particular players that have potential and underlying issues that could connect to the issues occurring in the world at the moment. The sports genre excites me because I am an avid sports watcher, and I find not only the game interesting, but also the player with what they have to say. I could portray my creative outlook through this style of sports organized magazine.