English 1B
Gavilan College

Journal #1 - Creativity

Purpose:  For me to get a sense of your natural writing style, to identify strengths and potential challenges in your writing, to get to know you better.

Directions: Write one page or more on the following question:

• How do you express yourself creatively?

Tips: Think deeply about the question, and try to come up with as many ways as possible. The answer might be easy if you think of yourself as an artist, dancer or poet, but there are so many more ways of being creative. You might want to write about how you express yourself as an individual, or about what activity you engage in when you feel most yourself, or most absorbed in what you're doing, so that you lose track of time. There are many ways of answering this question, and all are right, provided you are open and candid.