Hi! Iʻm Kathryn Coloma. I am 23 years old born and raised in Oahu, HI. I graduated at Waipahu High School C/o 2017, got my associates degree in Digital Media at Leeward community College 2020, and transferred to UHWO to pursue my bachelors degree. Some of my hobbies/interests are listening to music, working out, and spending quality time with friends. If I was an artist's tool, I'd be a blank canvas. We all start off life with a "blank canvas" and through inspiration and experience, can you create something beautiful. There are things on the canvas that can and cannot be changed but it is a reminder of our unique self and story.
While people back in the day relied on traditional media, these channels lacked direct communication and interaction between individuals. In recent years, new forms of electronic communication such as social media have proved to be a powerful tool in instant information exchange - carrying out two-way communication between users. Researchers have shown that interactive functions used on social media such as likes, comments, posts, hashtags, etc. - influence how users connect with other people around the world on a individual and group level. Under the surface, there are other factors that have yet to be understood just how powerful social media can be. Consistency, sharing information simultaneously, and social motivation could be a connection in the popularization of this medium.
The concept of creativity has come a long way. The Old Greeks would call those creative forces muses, other religions referred to them as God. Today people still mostly treat creativity as an aha moment outside the area of influence. However, just by looking at the creative process one can tell, that creativity and creative work is more than just that one "Aha-Moment" (insight). It is clear that generating ideas demands planning and preparation, identifying something of interest like a problem, an opportunity or a challenge, doing research. This then leads to thinking of a solution, allowing time to incubate and iterations before arriving at something “complete.” Students learn that hard work is what makes their ideas come to life and sticktuiveness is what helps them get better.