Amy Tan: Where does creativity hide? video reflection

Amy Tan's TED talk allowed me to see how experiences, be it trauma or happy times, can shape how a person think and feel about their surroundings. Everyone has different experiences in life, and hence everyone will have different opinions on matters. She talks about uncertainty, and how uncertainty fuels her creativity. From uncertainties, we begin to question, to make sense of what is around us. We start to imagine the concepts that we have in mind and that would lead to a creation. I like how she said that there are no absolute truths. I believe that if that is true, there is a lot of potential for creativity. That is because when there is absolute truth, people start to give up finding different ways, because they know that whatever they do, it will not work. Hence if there is an absolute truth out there, I would rather not know it. Another thing Tan touched on is the uncanny coincidences in life. I have had times of dilemma, and sometimes something happens that allowed me to see what I really want. Those moments are unexplainable, but at least I know they help bring me one step forward.