Deep Focus

Please read Chapter Six, “Deep Focus” from Cousineau’s Stoking the Creative Fires. 

After you have read and thought about the chapter, click Activity 12: Deep Focus OR Burnout. Within this topic, click “Create Thread.” Enter the subject line of your choice. It should be something that calls attention to the topic(s) you will be writing about in your post. 

Consider Cousineau’s comment that “distracted people make no masterpieces” (p. 128). Visualize some recent situations in which distractions interfered with your creativity. In one detailed post, describe the situation, the distractions, and how you might apply Cousineau’s advice to overcome these distractions.

Feel free to take until the end of the day on Wednesday, October 21, at submit this.

                                                                       OR

Burnout

1. Please read Chapter Seven, “Burn Out” from Cousineau’s Stoking the Creative Fires.
2. Go to www.youtube.com
3. Enter the word “burnout,” “failure,” “mistake,” or “comeback” in the search field.
4. Watch any one video that comes up in its entirety.

After you’ve watched and thought about a video, click Activity 12: Deep Focus or Burn Out. Within this topic, click “Create Thread.” Enter the subject line of your choice. It should be something that calls attention to the topic(s) you will be writing about in your post. In one detailed post, write several paragraphs in which you explain why you chose this particular video and what you think can be learned from it