Twyla Tharp

                                  

Reading Twyla Tharp is something that really interests me. Being creative is something I’ve always been good at naturally. After reading, she has inspired me to take my creativity to another level. Who knew there were methods that can take you out of a creative rut? Just like Twyla I also choreograph dances for people to perform and it is very hard to create a new slate and think of something new all the time. Sometimes it takes me days to make a new routine if it doesn’t come out a first thought.

                In the book the topic that really stood out to me the most is, she speaks about leaving things off on a high note. By doing this you save yourself for the next time when you return you are fresh and are not frustrated. Leaving things when you’re still full of energy eliminates room for mistakes. Mistakes can happen when you tired which causes you to become very sloppy with your work. Sloppy work never gets anywhere and will result in failure.  I really like this method because I know when I really want something to be right I will continuously work on it until I am burned out and frustrated. When that happens I tend to just throw things together and it ends up not being my best work.  I find that my best work is when I am fully rested and have energy to come up with something because my mind is fresh and ready to go.

                Something that I have realized in Twyla’s readings is that a lot of her concepts are thing that we already know due to common sense.  By her speaking on these concepts it helps us be more aware about what we are doing to spark or hinder our creativity