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Something to hold my life together...

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Tell me, can you understand this? ToholdpaperPinclothesAringMaybenotebookspiraldsOh!AsaQtip.PipecleanerApencilAnosepiercing AchainAnecklaceHirbrushFixingglssesHangerAhookScratcherSculptuersArtworkMoneyclipAtoy NosecleanerAtoothpickBraceletsCleannailsHirclipBrawireParthairAkeyAcanopenerStartafireIDk  This is what my brain felt like in real-time during this challenging yet amusing activity during class. Professor started off with two simple scenarios, which we later find out were nothing but a foreshadowing teaser for what was yet to come. It took me quite a while to open up to the fact that she wants us to go outside, outside the box, and not just- the box . I often felt restricted to reread the scenarios repeatedly just to make sure I wasn't going over any limits. Compared to other people's answers my own felt dry the first two rounds honestly. In my head though, I'm doing the darn thing. You know, like when you plan that one joke that's just gonna have everyone laughi...

Why you gotta be so greedy?

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      If I told you that prior to this class I knew what it took for me to open up my inner genius, I would be lying, completely.  Going through this part of the class really showed me a lot about myself. There are two ways that I tend to prevent my creativity from flowing out onto reality. That's blocking my own thoughts entirely from ever being exposed, and two overthinking to the point where my outcomes are too busy and not clear, thus causing me to give up.  I wrote about my experience as a musician and how hard it is sometimes to write original content and record it. It usually starts off with an endless montage of me searching for hours on end for a beat that has to literally speaks to me. Whenever I hear the perfect balance of bass, 808, melody, and tempo, within an  instrumental, I feel as though someone's whispering into my ear the formula for a perfect song. And I know what you're thinking, "This is great". It's ...