for the first post to this blog, I would like it to be a good one. Recently, I had a take home test for a History of Creativity class. The Last question of the test asked for a Sonnet with at least 10 key terms from the chapter covered by the test. Here is my Sonnet and explanation:

More and his Utopia, describes earth

In its perfection. Richelieu’s rule today

Brings pow’r to Louis, France’s noble birth.

Thirty years ‘til Majesty’s Letter say

“Be peace” ye Protestant and Catholics.

See beauty, el’gant Hands drawn by Dürer.

See splendor and be ye not hypocrites,

St. Bartholomew not Mary Stuar’.

De Vinci saw the future of mankind

And sought to give all that he could his part.

Create a better outcome with the mind,

With Ninety-five good reasons from the heart.

Ideas flow. They need no restoration.

Creature, take note with consideration.

The main theme of the sonnet is having a better world. There is a standard that Thomas More established with his book, but that standard has yet to be met. Thus, all we can do is strive to be good, look to the future, and creatively change the present. With the last line I suggest that humans have yet to reach their full potential and should look to others who have shown big “C” creativity (creativity that has changed the world) in the past. The last two lines vary from the usual emphasis because they are my main argument. The world will become a better place, but only with the help of great ideas from many sources.