Postby shooraijin » Thu Oct 21, 2004 1:15 pm
Oh, fine, I'll give a proper answer this time.
I'm right handed, though I try to train myself to use my left hand for some tasks -- it really does improve brain plasticity and ability to learn, as I recall reading. I can't write with it, but obviously I type very well with just my left hand, and I use it for some sports tasks.
I would gauge my creativity in a couple of ways. For out-and-out art/music/so on, I'd say I'm around a 7. I can come up with my own stuff, but I've always been better at expanding on someone else's abstract concept (which is why "my" works tend to be derivations or syntheses of something else -- I take a lot of cues, and then make them my own). Or, more commonly, I'll take a bright idea I admire, and then devise my own way to accomplish it. For technical engineering, I can come up with some pretty good solutions to unusual problems within specific conditions (programming in particular), so I'd grade myself an eight there.
Interesting what Gypsy said about leftie males and creative arts. I've thought of myself as creative, but on the other hand, so far I've held very concrete jobs (programmer, database administrator, resident physician, ...).
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