It's Better Then Cleaning It

       It’s Better Then Cleaning It”, is an in class creative thinking exercise which we had to come up with ways how to use a paintbrush, other then painting things.  We had to come up with at least ten ways.  This exercise was pretty challenging and took everyone a while to come up with things.  I only got to six things you can do with a paintbrush.  They were; using a paintbrush to clean things, a spatula, to dust things, drum stick, make a lamp shade out of paintbrushes, and a weapon.
I figured you could use a paintbrush to clean things with.  You could make the paintbrush wet or dry, use to get dirt of counters.  Using a paintbrush as a spatula I would make the bristles of the paintbrush hard first, so it would be able to flip food.  The ends of the paintbrush would make a good drum stick cause they’re just hard wood.  I thought making a lamp shade out of paintbrushes would be a cool idea because they could look like an actual lamp shade.  The lamp shade would be made with the paintbrushes facing down so the ends of them would all be touching.  Lastly, a paintbrush could be used a weapon because it is hard.  The only problem is that it is a little small, but still could be used for protection.
Overall, this exercise was pretty challenging, but it really going your mind thinking.  Once you got a couple things going in your head, it was easier to think of more.  Hearing other peoples’ ideas also made you think of more things you could do with a paintbrush.  This exercise was a really good way to get your mind thinking on the creative level.  I think doing exercises like this before writing a paper would help a lot of people open of their minds.