For our Five Faces of Genius course, my classmates and I dove deep into learning about all Five Faces of Genius. The genius faces help us figure out what we are, and how we interpret things in our everyday lives. The Five Faces are; Seer, Observer, Alchemist, Fool, and Sage. In this unit we studied all of the faces, and related it to ourselves and how we can use them. We also watched many videos, and did many activities helping us better our knowledge of each face. The purpose of this project is to let others know about each face of genius, and for them to possibly figure out their own face of genius. I learned about each face and how they show what we are, we may not think its true but these are our strongest features. I also learned how to use these faces. I am most proud of my Observer video that I found. Being an Observer you pay very close attention to certain things before doing something. Having this skill is really important because you often have to pay attention to the detail of things in order to comprehend. Below is my action project, enjoy!
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The Five Faces of Genius are; Seer, a person who mentally visualizes something in their head, then carry out their idea by drawing visual representations. Seers often say ‘’I see it this way.'' An observer, a person who tends to sit back and look at the details of things. They also use small details to create big ideas. An Alchemist is a person who takes multiple ideas and creates it into one, often making the idea a better one. They use analogies like ‘’Lets make this quarter a slam dunk’’. Next is the fool, The fool is a person who celebrates weakness. They also see absurdity in things and try solving situations with different approaches. Fools also tend to be humorous. Lastly, there is Sage, Sage is a person who uses two strategies to make something new or change it. People with this quality also use things from the past (history) to try and solve problems.
The Five Faces survey that my classmates and I took determined that I have fool characteristics. The fool is my strongest face because I like making people laugh and I too enjoy a good laugh once in a while. I think this survey truly defined me because, during the summer time when I was little my cousins and I would take labels off of named branded items such as gatorade, granola bars, and trail mix. We decided to write something that would make people smile or attempt to laugh. People in the neighborhood admired our creativity and still bought it although our prices were high. My second strongest face is Sage. I found this unusual because this was the one I had the hardest time understanding. A sage is a person who uses strategies such as looking at history to innovate and using stories to illustrate. They also look at difficult things and try their best to solve it without getting too in depth. My weakest faces were all tied with 17%. Observer, Alchemist, and Seer. I kind of agree with my results because I can mostly see Fool characteristics in myself, and somewhat a bit of sage. The last three that I have tied with suit me because I am a little bit of everything.
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I interviewed my friend Alexis to find out what face of genius she was. Based on my questions I predicted she had strong fool and sage characteristics. The reason why I believe she is a fool and sage is because, she enjoys laughter and absurdity, she also likes to wing things and not make situations come off as difficult which gives her sage features. Not looking too deep into things and trying to scratch the surface is what she does. I asked her what comes to mind when she hears the word 'seer, she replied with ''Bed sheets I don’t know why.’’ 'I could immediately see her genius, the fool and sage. I also think this is why we get along so well, because we have the same faces.
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A Person who inspires me is Tyra Banks, although she is a supermodel and people assume she is perfect, she isn't. I think she also has fool features because she embraces her humor and odd ways. Whenever I watch her shows she always encourages her models to be themselves and have fun with it, this is why she has fool like features. I also think that she is an observer. Whenever watch her shows, she must critique other models and pay attention to every detail and make sure everything they do goes with what they are trying to capture in the photo. Whenever she is modeling she too has to make sure she is doing everything correctly in order to succeed. She also has to make sure she is doing everything to keep her job as a model.
Lastly for my service project I decided on giving back to the community. I know there is a lot of homeless people in the city of Chicago and I want to give back to these people. What motivates me to give back is the homeless youth. I think that it is sad when kids my age can’t get a decent meal. I can plan out this service project by planning out the steps it will take to carry out this project using the five faces. Seer: I will first plan out who exactly who I want to reach out to. I have decided the homeless youth of Chicago. Observer. I will do my research and observe how many Chicago teens are hungry and look for organizations that help feed the youth. The Alchemist. I could combine youth being hungry, with donating clothes. By doing this they will have both a meal and clothes. Fool: I could talk to the youth their and tell and try to bring light to the situation there in. Sage: I can talk to the people hopefully motivating them to keep their heads up. By giving the homeless youth clothing and food it will be very beneficial for them especially in the cold city of Chicago.I think this service project can help me better my understanding of the five faces, and a real world problem.
Citations:
Wellman, Annette Moser. "PUT CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION TO WORKIN YOUR ORGANIZATION." Five Faces Of Genius. N.p., 2012. Web. 18 Dec. 2014.
"Main Menu." Dandelion Quotes. N.p., 25 Dec. 2012. Web. 16 Dec. 2014.
