This is for my Creative Writing Class at St. Paul's University Manila.
Watch the
following videos in this order:
1. What Creativity
is Trying to Tell You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMOqIJ9V_K4
2. The Art of
Creativity by Taika Waititi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL71KhNmnls
3. Creative
Genius: YOU -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTZjAk6yqfY
Read this article
and create a Heart Map following the instructions:
Maps help us
locate places we have never been to before and aid us in finding directions to
places we wish to go to. There are geographical maps, political maps, economic
maps and maps in mobile apps programmed with GPRS like Google Map and Waze. In
school, teachers often ask you to create mind maps.
A
mind map, like the maps mentioned above, functions as a tool and a strategy
to keep your thinking focused on a specific concept or topic of study. It also
helps you monitor your understanding of the concept or topic. Using a mind map
allows you to see connections of sub-topics and factors that are related to a
concept or may have effects on it. It shows you the bigger picture and the
details affecting it.
Click the link for
examples of mind maps made by kids and teens.
After viewing the samples, move on to the next part of the activity. Today,
we will learn another kind of map, the Heart Map.
Writer and poet
Georgia Heard collaborated with LitWorld.org to introduce Heart Mapping to as
many kids, teens and young people all over the world. Because LitWorld.org is a
global non-government organization that promotes literacy through storytelling
and language arts activities, Heart Mapping is a core activity for its members
and patrons who use it as a way to understand one's self. Furthermore, heart
maps have become springboards for storytelling, story and poetry writing.
According to
Heard, mapping your heart is one way of figuring yourself out against the
physical world you journey and traverse in every day. Through mapping the
heart, you come to an understanding of who you are. When you are aware of your
feelings, you can make decisions. When you have knowledge of your emotions, you
can take an action that is proactive when faced with challenges, conflicts and
crises. Heard believes that when we map our hearts, we find a pathway into what
we know is true and what we believe in.
Many young people
like you, even adults like me benefit from heart maps. Watch
this short video of those who have made heart maps and listen to their story.
Before I give you
the specific instructions for creating or mapping your heart today, what
questions do you have so far? Write them on your journal.
How to Make a
Heart Map
1.Draw a large
heart shape on a piece of paper or drawing app.
2. Inside the
heart, draw or write about the ideas, the feelings, and the things that are
most important to you at this time.
3. Take a photo of
your heart map and send it to my email address: zarah.gagatiga@gmail.com on or
before Saturday, September 30, 2023.
See you next
Saturday! ~ Ms. Zarah
PS - No need for
crayons for the heart map. Pen or pencil and paper are enough.
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