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Creativity And Awareness Essay

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Creativity and Resourcefulness. As far as I know, these two traits go hand-in-hand. In the Filipino context, being creative does not always mean that one should possess everything. It is just a matter of having a wide perception and thinking outside the box – maximizing what one already has. The Filipino tends to use every piece in order to fix or recreate a new model that can be put for daily use. A thing can be useful until its very end, at least before it could be perceived as destroyed, and/or of no use anymore. For example, slippers are used until it is really worn out. When it can no longer protect the feet, it is cut down and used as a stopper, or something that is put under the furniture feet. These traits could lead us to the conclusion …show more content…

Although, the Spaniards were not our first visitors, it was Ferdinand Magellan who put our country to the map. Unfortunately, he was killed later on in a battle with Lapu-Lapu. Despite this incident, the Philippines still remained under the colonization of Spain for 333 years! Since it was a very long stay, a lot of influences had been added to the Filipino culture. Considering the Filipino lifestyle – since there were a lot of tribes and/or kinships with no systematic belief system, cultural domination was easy. The biggest impact was Christianity, as evidently seen on today’s Catholic churches. Another one is the idea that mestizas represent power and status. This belief did a major influence on the minds of the Filipinos, because apparently, education was not for everyone before until 1863. On December 1898, the Treaty of Paris was agreed upon by Spain and America, thereby making the Philippines under the colony of Americans for nearly 50 years. In no doubt, a lot of significant influences had also been

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