Last night was a huge game for the Syracuse Orange (#4) as they went on to defeat one of their rivals Georgetown (#7) by a large margin. Before the game I decided to great a large cutout of one of Syracuse’s star players Wes Johnson face to inspire the 26,000 fans in the crowd to cheer a little bit louder.
Standing on line outside The Dome before the game, just the sight of the giant (48″by 32″) smiling face of Wes make everyone cheer. Throughout the entire game, people asked to pose with me and the face, which I was more than happy to do as a true fan. Something so simple – only took an hour to make once I got it printed – was able to rouse thousands of people to help overcome a rival.
Creativity comes in many different shapes and forms but doesn’t necessarily need to be something groundbreaking. The process of creativity to is create something in a new way or build off of other ideas that will make someone think about it differently or inspire them to do something that they usually wouldn’t. This way my goal when creating this giant cutout of Wes Johnson, to inspire everyone through my own ability to be creative.
On the flip side, it takes risk sometimes to be creative. I was a little scared at first to bring the cutout to the game for fear of how people would react. So not only did I want to inspire people to cheer louder for their team but at the same time, inspire them to be creative and do something of their own to show their support in one way or another.
Creativity inspires because it makes people think; it is a butterfly effect that will ripple on.
