Creativity is an important characteristic of a leader. Creativity means that when you are in a tough situation and you don’t want everything to look the same as the others, you think outside the box. Part of being creative means that you reflect and say, “I could have done this,” or “I could have done that.” Sarah Uhl shows creativity when she makes her art, and I show creativity in my life. Creativity helps me and Sarah Uhl change our world and make it a better place by advocating for others.

One time Sarah Uhl demonstrated creativity was when she made her art to advocate for the environment. In the article Sarah Uhl: Illustrator, Adventurer it says, “using her art as a tool to help with advocacy, education or get people to wake up and feel the world around them.” She was once a professional track cycler when she started illustrating and found her greater purpose. Sarah thought, “the growth that comes with each new chapter of our lives. That's what I do with my art, it is a pliable canvas.” If Sarah Uhl had not changed from a cyclist to an artist we would not have the informative and meaningful art that we have today.

Another person who shows creativity is me. At the beginning of the school year in art we were making dragons and unicorns. The year before if you had a suggestion for a project you could write it down. Mrs.B chose the dragons and unicorns suggestion and that is when I had to use creativity. I used this creativity when I saw a example of a dragon and It looked like a two headed dragon (but it wasn't). So I was thinking about it and I thought I could have done that to make it more creative. I could use this creativity to bring about change and advocating for things by thinking about creative solutions to problems.

In order to make my creativity into a brand I had to make specific design choices. First I had to choose a font type that would show my creativity. As I used the word creativity more and more I realized that being creative sometimes is hard. I chose Finger Paint and Chelsea Market to show that. Next I had to choose my color that would represent my creativity. My experience with seeing Sarah Uhl’s art made me chose lime green because she uses a lot of bright colors. Those are the decisions I had to make to make my creativity into a brand.

Creativity is thinking outside the box to make creative ideas. This quality is important because all people need to have creative problem solving. Sarah Uhl had to use creativity in her art because she is advocating for the environment. This quality relates to me when I make creative solutions. This matters because you can use it to change peoples’ perspectives.