Week 16

1. Throughout this humanities course I have learned that people have a diverse view of different things like human thought, creativity, and aesthetics. These differences in views comes along with different lifestyles, cultures, etc. Another thing that I have learned throughout this course is to look at all the diverse views that everyone has and try to relate to every view as best as you can. "Walk in someone else's shoes"

2. Just like learning about different views on human thought, creativity and aesthetics learning about different cultures of art, literature, film, architecture, music, dance and theatre all tie into the way you view the world. Humanities has taught me to see every side to everything I look at whether it is someone who is different than me to a piece of art or a type of music. One assignment I thought of was when we were asked to watch a song on youtube interpreted by a deaf person. Watching this I saw how differently they interpret music than I do, but then going back and thinking of how they are different from me helped me realize how the difference is not weird but cool because of the fact that we hear/feel the same song but might interpret it in totally different ways.

3. The study of humanities can greatly enhance our creativity and our appreciation of other cultures. Learning more and more about humanities throughout the semester it has gotten me to see where other people are coming from and the fact that different cultures have different views and values. Learning about these different view and values is a great way to appreciate other cultures and if you do not know about every culture it is always good to be aware of the fact that people do have differences and relating the best you can to these differences can make you appreciate any culture that you come across. Humanities enhances our creativity by making us ask questions that are not really answered. The questions that are not answered can be thought of in different aspects and is using creativity to think of different outcomes or solutions.