My name is Cristal Coyotecatl (KO-YO-TE-CAL) and I initially took this course as one of my general education requirements. This was the only class which frightened me because I was taking it not knowing anyone, and Professor Sidibe vividly stated that participation was an important requirement to pass the class. I am mostly shy person and tend to only open up when I am completely comfortable with the people around me so this became one of the biggest struggles I had to face. It was a process of opening up to people and allowing yourself to be vulnerable, which ultimately frightened me. The classroom setting however was very chill which allowed me to ease up at times, especially when I was able to play a song from my favorite artist, Aboogie (he’s a singer/rapper but his name is Artist so I enjoy introducing him as “Artist”, some people think I’m talking about an actual painter). My goal throughout the class was to learn how to be a creative not only as writer but as a person, as we grow older and because of our systematic way of learning, we as students may tend to lose our creativity. My failures throughout writing was not being able to write down my emotions on paper, emotions make me feel odd and I enjoy ignoring my problems instead. As we progressed throughout the class, the writing’s became more personal and as I already didn’t know how to express my emotions, I found it difficult to be emotional. I hope to take another creative writing class because it gave me a sense of relief when it allowed me to be open with my feelings, although I could improve on how to better emotional express myself this class allowed me to develop the vulnerability to share my emotions in a peaceful and private way. The skills I’ve learned in the class are important because it caused me to self reflect and at least try acknowledge my feelings.

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