Creative Prompt:

You Walked In

Who are your mentors & role models?

Warm-up Prompt for Creative Thinking

By reflecting on music, paintings, sculpture and poetry, we can open our minds to new ideas, to creative ways of thinking about the project, challenge, or question ahead.

POSSIBILITIES

Katie tried

I was halfway crucified

I was on the other side of no tomorrow

You walked in

And my life began again

Just when I’d spent the last piaster

I could borrow

 

From the song, Dr. Wu

Lyrics by Donald Jay Fagen & Walter Carl Becker

Read (or sing if you know the tune) these lyrics from the Steely Dan song, Dr. Wu. Try to feel the sounds and rhythms in the words.

  • Have you ever found yourself “on the other side”? What was the situation? Who helped you? What changed because of this?

  • Have you ever found your mood shifted because someone new walked in? What happened? What changed?

  • Who do you turn to when you’re up against a difficult situation?

  • Some mentors are easy to identify. Others might be working behind the scenes. Who do you follow? Who might be acting as a role model or mentor, that you’ve never looked at that way?

  • Today, tell someone you are following them. Thank them for leading you in the right direction.