Are you creative?
It's the question I begin the class I teach college students every semester: Are you creative? You would think in a class called "The Creative Christian" the students would all universally say yes, right? The class was created to lay the foundation for all creative arts students at our school, the course number — Art 101. Yet, somewhere along the way, the class became a General Ed course. This means that the room is now filled with mostly non-majors looking to check the easy button on a required "Arts" course. Psychology, Business, Computer Science, Kinesiology, Nursing. When I ask the question and have students raise their hands if they are creative, only a small sample of hands reach toward the sky. The overwhelming answer is "no, I'm not creative." This has frustrated some of the professors who teach this course. "How can we possibly help art and design students dig into their core creative soul if the room is filled with doubters?" ...