Five Minute Observations

Tag: creativity

  • Why You Are a Story Worth Telling

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    Joe Class III
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    A quiet moment at Flaming Geyser State Park. A question to my dad. A camera around his neck. I didn’t know then how much that day would teach me about storytelling and why our ordinary lives might hold the most extraordinary stories of all. What if the one you’ve been carrying is the one someone…

  • Fighting for My Writing at Midnight

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    Joe Class III
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    The coffee shop clock blinks an angry red glow—11:47 PM. My freelance article sits unfinished, due in eight hours. My finger hovers over the ChatGPT app. Three taps and I’m done. But fifteen years ago, a college professor taught me why shortcuts always backfire.

  • Human Creativity Is Important

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    Joe Class III
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    Artificial intelligence is on everyone’s mind lately, at every level. One thought is that AI can recreate creative content, tell stories, and think creatively as human beings do. From the logical side of things I can see the benefits of AI, particularly in the technology industries where it’s either A or B, one or zero.…

  • Securing A Career

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    Joe Class III
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    For more than a year, I’ve been actively seeking employment where I can stand out above the crowd, make a difference in my work, and be a part of something bigger than me. Instead I find myself stuck where I can easily be replaced, where my job isn’t all that important in the grand scheme…

  • What Do You Do?

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    Joe Class III
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    When confronted with this question, how do you respond? Do you say I’m a custodian? Or are you an industrial arts technician? Or do you work at Popeye’s, McDonald’s, or Wendy’s? Maybe you are an assembly line worker punching a time clock. Perhaps you work as a roofer, but you dream of being a published…

  • Creativity

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    Joe Class III
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    I’m not sure I’m smart enough to understand how it works or what it is. I’m no scientist. I’m not a researcher. But I do know what creative thinking looks like. I know how my brain works, creating a solution from nothing. But can I paint like Michaelangelo? Not even if I wanted to! Can…