I watched The Wild Robot with a friend today. It was a friend I don’t get to spend much time with, but I thought it would be nice to catch up and watch a movie together with today. Also because today had freed up somewhat, so I decided it was a pretty okay idea.
But the movie was really great. It was a painted movie, and there were many beautiful scenes. The story was well paced and well crafted, and I thought it was apt for this current era of the world. A bit too much on the accepting community, but otherwise a great story about learning responsibility in this world.
A key word used was the “programming”, and how this robot went against her programming. There are many times I am so aware of my programming, and how I would end up choosing something because I just know that is what I am supposed to do. But as I grow older, I learn how to choose things wisely, not because I am taught to.
There are a lot of scenarios in creative training where we are taught to question, and we do think critically of different situations. But the question I think about now is how much of the critical thinking I employ now part of the creative designer programming? In any case, I hope to say I have incorporated critical thinking well enough, but it is not as programmed as it is supposed to be.
I am not sure if that paragraph really made sense, but then again, I don’t aim to edit these posts much, I just want to have my thoughts out here, in the wild.
I also watched an interview with Casey Neistat, and it was a good reminder about my creative practices and what I am good at, and what I like to do. Every few months, I really am reminded of these parts of myself.
The Wild Human
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