Week #3 Readings...my a-Ha! moments!

This week’s readings were really helpful for me, and it sounds like many of you too! The kick-off in chapter five in particular gave me an immediate “a-Ha!” moment. As an artist, the four phases of creativity really made sense to me, I have just never seen them written out that way. I never thought that the phases of creativity I use when I paint would be something I could use in writing this speech. I also was really helped by section 6D which talked about how to develop a clear thesis statement. It’s amazing how once sentence can really create direction for you when writing a speech such as this. That was a major help in the process and is something I highlighted for future reference. Did anyone else think of getting a thesis statement for a speech? I’ve always done it in research papers or essays but never for a speech, so I found that really interesting. Learning about Google’s advance search was really cool. I have found, and maybe many of you have as well, that when I’m searching sometimes I get really frustrated when sifting through all the unnecessary or unhelpful information to find what I am really looking for. With more efficient search habits I can clear that up and not waste so much time. Luckily I didn’t have to research much for my topic of Vincent van Gogh but that is something that will most defiantly help me in the future.