Working on Creativity by Pristine Apolto

On the first weeks of being a member of the Ideas That Matter, I thought this would be easy, I can do this. I was then assigned as the head for program and logistics. I was actually starting to work on my assigned task when things suddenly changed. I became the Creative Head of the team due to some circumstances. When they told me that, I thought, “Ah, this would still be easy. Kaya pa to.” – I was wrong.

Being a creative head is tough job to have. I needed to think of better ideas to improve and to make our ads and posters engaging to our target audience. Brainstorming, making drafts, rejected proposals are just some of the things that is hard to work on. We have to make a lot of revisions to make the creative designs work for us. Also, judging works of other people if their work is enough to be on the “go” (to be published) list is not as easy as I thought. You have to be careful on what you are going to say to the people waiting for your confirmation of their work, because they too, have spent their time and effort in making that artwork. Also, making an artwork myself is not as easy as others can see because I’m still not as professional as the others. But still, I have to give it my best shot. I tried to focus on managing the tasks given to me and encouraging the others to also do it.

            Being the creative head encouraged me to show and give my best in everything I do because others are counting on my judgment and opinion.  I still lack many things and I am willing to work that out. There are times that I wanted to stop, or just to have a break in everything I’m currently doing because of the stress, pressure on both academic and co-curricular activities. But when I think of that, I also thought of “what will I be doing if I’m not doing what I am currently doing?” That thought gave me the push I needed to continue working on the things I’m doing. In that way, I learned to like doing the things that I do. In conclusion, I like and sometimes not like being the creative head but the overall result is I love what I do because it improves me and helps me build my skill and character.

I’m grateful that I joined the Ideas That Matter organizing team because the activities and experience I’ve been through helped me be a more disciplined person and more driven to my goals. J