Intention Statement

In my mastery class, I’m learning the key essential concepts to mastery. These concepts include: the creative task, creative strategies, the creative breakthrough and emotional pitfalls. All that I’m learning is truly igniting a fire in me and it’s exciting. Greene is providing a detailed explanation of these concepts and steps to utilize them. One of the concepts I found myself gravitating towards was the emotional pitfalls. Greene states that when we are already in the creative active stage, thriving independently there are very subtly traps that masters fall into (Greene, 2012). I loved this section because I take heed to caution, especially when it’s about my field of interest. Greene goes on to list six of the most common pitfalls experienced: complacency, conservatism, dependency, impatience, grandiosity and inflexibility (Greene, 2012). As I began to learn of these pitfalls, I find areas within myself where I experience this, dependency. I examined myself and discovered that my need for dependence is only because of a lack of confidence and security. Sometimes I’m not completely sure of myself, but as I learn from Greene, I must be bold and take a leap of faith and to not rely on others for guidance. What I love about this class is that the more I learn the more I see my own self in the concepts Greene provides. In this class I have every intention to apply these tools in my day to day life, so that when I’m fulling in my respected field I won’t have to learn. It is better to learn now than later. Once I’ve obtained all these strategies, I’ll already have them embedded in me because I began practicing them in my early stages of mastery. I look forward to this journey and learning as much as I can to prepare me for the world of film.