Twyla Tharp’s “Creative Autobiography”

This is a great reflection exercise that puts you in touch with your own creative experiences.

Please answer the following questions:

  1. What is the first creative moment you remember?

      The time I design a dance

  2. Was anyone there to witness or appreciate it?

    Yes

  3. What is the best idea you've ever had?

     Develop vaccine for COVID-19

  4. What made it great in your mind?

     I think this idea is really mightiness

  5. What is the dumbest idea?

     I want to leave the home 

  6. What made it stupid?

    I want to leave the home and leave my parents that raised me 14 years.

  7. Can you connect the dots that led you to this idea?

    Yes

  8. What is your creative ambition?

      Want to design a beautiful dance

  9. What are the obstacles to this ambition?

    Awkward of not being great

  10. What are the vital steps to achieving this ambition?

    Confidence

  11. How do you begin your day?

    Yawn

  12. What are your habits? What patterns do you repeat?

    Playing piano and dancing. I can't understand the second question.

  13. Describe your first successful creative act.

     I had an improvisation in front of my parent

  14. Describe your second successful creative act.

      Trying to play piano in the pubic area like in a hotel

  15. Compare them.

    I like the second one because after playing the piano, even somebody give me flower and everybody give applause to me.

  16. What are your attitudes toward: money, power, praise, rivals, work, play?

      love money but I believe that money can’t buy everything true. I love power because I enjoy the time when I got right and power to do something cool. I absolutely love praisw especially from strangers. I love rivals because I enjoy the success while competing, but I also acceot the failure. I didn’t love to work but that’s the most important things in life. I love play especially play videogames with my friend.

  17. Which artists do you admire most?

    Vincent van Gogh

  18. Why are they your role models?

     Because I love Van Gogh’s drawing the style pretty attracted me

  19. What do you and your role models have in common?

    We both love fantasy

  20. Does anyone in your life regularly inspire you?

    Yes. My mom

  21. Who is your muse?

    My mom

  22. Define muse.

    Because she taught me many things that I can’t learn in the school

  23. When confronted with superior intelligence or talent, how do you respond?

    Hardworking and believe that I am talented

  24. When faced with stupidity, hostility, intransigence, laziness, or indifference in others, how do

    you respond?

    ignore

  25. When faced with impending success or threat of failure, how do you respond?

       With the impending success, I will keep going and with the threat failure I will do self-examination

  26. When you work, do you love the process or the result?

    Result

  27. At what moments do you feel your reach exceeds your grasp?

    When competiting

  28. What is your ideal creative activity?

    Improvisation

  29. What is your greatest fear?

    Insect

  30. What is the likelihood of either of the answers to the previous two questions happening?

    90%

  31. Which of your answers would you most like to change?

    NO

  32. What is your idea of mastery?

     Good at something like can even recite something backwards fluently

  33. What is your greatest dream?

    Be a teacher in the future

    From The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life

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