Creativity S. J

Creativity

The nervous system is like your creativity You can’t turn it off, it flows out of you. It never stops until the end. Nerves all over send electricity Send messages automatically. It’s like your creativity. They’re what tell you when winter turns to spring. Feel the sun, the warmth, feel this natural urge To create, your nerves send the messages straight To the brain which moves your body to create. To get up and dance. And as you do, a million nerves will tell you what to do They’ll sense your surroundings travel through the spinal cord. It’s like a highway of electricity, protected by the spine, Which is made of a lot of bones, Like a song with a lot of notes that work together for a harmony. The spine has bones that move for flexibility. Our nerves are like our paintbrush, They help us find our way across the canvas Feeling around, uncomfortable. Our brain will figure it out like writing a story Open to interpretation sculpted by the things around us. Like our brain, our opinions, To one, a book is beautiful To all the book is here and now. That’s the facts. Our brain will interpret things the way it sees them. Doesn’t mean it’s right, But we don’t need to fight. The nervous system is like our creativity. You can’t turn it off, it flows out of you.

S. J., Grade 7 Sanford Middle School, Minneapolis Teaching Artist, Frank Sentwali