If one was to think of the crowning achievement of mankind to date, what would it be? Would it be communication from pole to pole? Would it be being able to save millions of bits of data in a device no larger than a pin? Would it be traveling to space and back? All of these things are great; however, they are not the best thing that humans have achieved. The true paramount achievement of mankind is the use of imagination. This statement might be doubted by some. However, at the core of all achievements, mentioned or not, is imagination. In the eyes of many, nothing is greater, or more important than imagination. Imagination has brought humanity knowledge, saved lives, and above all, has changed the world. The importance of creativity and imagination can be seen through how they influence societies, what stories have been passed down from generation to generation, and what influences story-telling today.
The imaginations of many people have set the course for the world over the last few hundred years, mainly through inventions. In the American West, an invention was created that has had just such an effect. Levi Strauss made a “soft cotton [fabric] called denim” which was designed for the rough labors of ‘gold mining [and] cattle herding” (Lambert). Since then, these ‘Levi’s’ have become popular throughout the world, and some “450 million pairs of jeans are sold in the [United] States” each year (Lambert). This amazing product, that has influenced the world for many years, came to be because one person imagined something. That one person questioned what was possible, and worked to change what could be.
The discovery of radio is another way that imagination has influenced society. Heinrich Hertz discovered that there were invisible...
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When you go to the mall to pick up a pair of jeans or a shirt, do you think about where they came from? How they were made? Who made them? Most consumers are unaware of where their clothes are coming from. All the consumer is responsible for is buying the clothing from the store and most likely have little to no knowledge about how it was manufactured, transported, or even who made the clothing item and the amount of intensive labor that went into producing it (Timmerman, 3).
Unremarkable denim fabric started to become a “gender- and class-blurring icon of the ‘American people’”. The Great Depression in 1950s became the impulse for the transformation. A series of circumstances pushed fashion industry in the US to “take up blue jeans as a stylistically and symbolically versatile, class- and gender-blurring national icon”.
Music and other art forms often go hand in hand. Creativity is not just a one-note deal or rather it is not confined to a singular aspect or form. Oftentimes it is interlaced into many forms, such as, music, writing, artwork, fashion and much more. Like a tree, creativity grows and extends out into infinite directions rooting itself in society. One such artist is Brandon Boyd. During the day he is a contemporary artist and by night he is a singer-songwriter for an internationally recognized rock band, Incubus. Some of their songs include; “Pardon Me” form the album entitled, When Incubus Attacks Vol. 1, and “Drive, “Dig,” and “Oil and Water,” three of my favorites, from the album entitled, Monuments and Melodies and “Sad Sick Little World” from the album entitled, A Crow Left of the Murder. In a 2009 interview with CNN, Brandon said it best, when asked, “So what does art fulfill in you that you don’t get out of music?”
To conclude, the capability to create customized clothing is becoming undemanding as technology evolves. Ready made apparel was only available in predetermined sizes before the American Civil War, this exemplifies how the sizes were arbitrary and were not the same on a broad scale. The statement “The wealthy’s clothes were made by tailors” is a prime example of how tailored outfits are costly. Today, designers have computer-aided design to their disposal; this improved the creation of clothing in many ways, making it effortless to design the clothing and to also produce them. With the creation of new technology making clothes, fabrics will become easier.
The American system of education is considered to be one of the most progressive in the world. One of the surveys on attitudes toward teaching around the world found that the United States is unique in its strong emphasis on "good teaching." My experience at State College has helped me to understand better how this system works, and what methods and techniques American teachers use to motivate their students for creative and active learning. However, I can also see that this system doesn’t work perfectly in every classroom. Reading Ernest Boyer’s article “Creativity in the Classroom” helped me with my understanding of the main problem that nowadays exists with the American college education system. According to the author, the problem is that teachers and students don’t see each other as one team doing the same business; therefore, in most classrooms the process of learning becomes a boring procedure instead of being mind-blowing. Moreover, reading this article, I could analyze the reasons of this problem that the author identifies through my own experiences at State College.
Imagination penetrates below the surface and comprehends and brings to light the deeper forces and facts--the real controlling instincts of characters, the real motives for actions, and the relations of material things to those of the spiritual world and of Man to Nature and God
Levi Strauss came to America in 1853 and opened his own shop to supply miners with daily necessities. Upon hearing of the need for stronger pants, Strauss took the responsibility of creating pants that meet miner’s needs. He took brown canvas from a tent and created a pair of pants. These waist overalls, as they were often referred to, were strong enough, but were not comfortable. Strauss then switched to denim. He had found a comfortable, suitable article of clothing for miners and other hard workers. They were almost perfect.
Imagination sets people from the real world by giving them the ability to form creative choices. Imagination empowers humans, in away to allow people to create art and
The power of Imagination can give humans the will power to accomplish anything. In the book Life of Pi by Yann Martell Imagination helped Pi the main character get through his long journey aboard a lifeboat. Over the course of this story Pi encounters many different situations where he needs to use his imagination. Towards the end of the book you as the reader have the option to believe the story you just read or a second story, a more vulgar and less interesting story. As the reader you have to use your imagination just like how Pi needed to use his imagination. Imagination allowed Pi to survive by keeping him sane, protecting him and lastly to acquire the traits of telling a beautiful story.
We are all born artists, child wanderers. Then, as time goes on, we become monotone, uncurious individuals. In elementary school, most students can’t wait to get to school, can’t wait to get their heads and hands moving, and can’t wait to create something worthy. When high school hits, it’s just the opposite. Students have lost interest in school, simply waiting for the last bell to ring, skipping classes, or giving up on graduation. So what happened? Does this have anything to do with the style of high school education? How exactly does high school education affect the level of creativity in the US? In essence, education kills creativity and could modern technology be its cause?
In the world of fashion, there is denim. It is one of the world’s oldest fabrics, and has been modified and remodelled to go with the latest fashion trends. The first ones who wore this fabric are workers in the California Gold Rush era, designed by Jacob Davis because of its sturdy material that withstood the harsh working conditions. Not just them, even sailors from Italy use this material too as their sailing uniform. Then, it started appearing as an actor’s apparel, and that’s when denim started to become one of a fashion item. People started wearing jeans as part of their daily apparel and even adding their own ideas, such as studs and colouring it with different shades of denim. It doesn’t only stop around that era, but today, they are seen everywhere and has become a major clothing piece for almost all of the age groups. As a reference, we can see young children already wears jeans as part of their clothing, the teenagers added jeans to their wardrobe, and even for the seniors, they consider jeans as a simple and comfortable clothing pieces.
The world of international business is always seeking new opportunities to satisfy customers with new products or new services. Success comes to leaders in the world of business by their creativity in more recent years. Creativity is thinking outside the box , it can be promoted by companies to achieve more advantage than other competitors. Creative thinking is always attracting customers and involving them with modernization and improvements. All of these elements are significant in delivering unique products , services or ideas. This essay will examine three different areas of business which are marketing, management and fashion and it will show how each area uses originality to gain successful outcome. It will also provide two real examples
the potential those may have, entails the second branch. Finally, the third includes `transforming conceptual spaces in people's minds', pushing and altering the limits previously imposed to result in the triumph of creation. This classification provides a summary of what various authors have illustrated in their works on the creative process.
Since we are born we have imagination and as we grow up this imagination may increase or decrease. Creativity strongly relies in our imagination. Depending on different circumstances people learn to express their creativity openly while other people close themselves and believe they do not have creativity. Creativity is a natural talent that every single human has. Creativity can be used to solve a complex problem in a different manner or just to find innovative ways to have fun. Creativity is thinking out of the box. Even though creativity cannot be taught from scratch there should be a class that is specific for creativity.
In this essay, I aim to discuss the issue whether imagination is more important than knowledge. “For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there will ever be to know and understand” (Albert Einstein).