Melanie's post
Her post was under the, "What if?" prompt. She began by giving examples of things that were created, that may never have been made if there were no "what if" questions. She continues to elaborate on the questions "what if there was a cure to cancer?", and "what if creativity did not exist?". At the end, she added a little thing to think about that involves the loop of what if questions.
I really love the statement that you posted at the end. It got me thinking of the odd circles and weird paradoxes in life. I found myself asking questions throughout the post like, "if we didn't know what creativity and beauty was, would it actually be a bore?". Things like these really get me thinking, and I love it. I truly enjoyed pondering about this post!
Murray's Post
In Murray's post, he describes how he loves writing songs, and how he would use his own creative ideas to come up with new things. However, he said he eventually ran into a "writers block" for musicians. He wrote about how he studied famous and influential composers and musicians, and took "snippets" and ideas from their work and applied them to his, while still keeping his own originality.
I can relate to this post a lot, but in a way that doesn't seem to match at all. When you wrote about taking ideas from other famous artists and composers, I thought of how I improve myself as an athlete. In order to better myself, and improve my skills, I look at the professionals. I studied their techniques, and their play styles. I figured out what works for me, and I feel this is basically the same things you do, but with music. When we looks at the professionals in our field, we know that they worked hard to get to where they are, and we know that they must be doing something right. I think that this theory of looking at people who are "better" than us can be applied to almost anything.
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