Creativity Exercise blog - week 2

 

Hey y’all, welcome back to another weekly creativity blog. This week’s exercise definitely felt a little strange at first, but that’s kind of what made it fun. The idea was to take a simple object and imagine it as a human being, then start asking it very human questions. It sounds bizarre on paper, but once you lean into it, you start seeing the object in a totally different light. For this one, I picked something simple and familiar: a Telescope.

If my telescope were a person, I’d imagine them being on the older side, maybe late 40s or early 50s. Not old in a worn-out way, but experienced. The kind of person who’s seen a lot and doesn’t rush conversations. They’d probably live somewhere quiet, maybe in a small apartment on the edge of a city or up in the hills where the lights don’t drown out the stars. Their place would be minimal but intentional, shelves filled with books, maps, and little trinkets collected from years of curiosity.
    For fun, this telescope-person would definitely be a night owl. They’d enjoy late walks, rooftop hangouts, and long conversations about life, space, and things people don’t usually slow down enough to think about. They wouldn’t be the loudest person in the room, but when they speak, people listen. Their drink of choice would probably be something warm and calming, like tea or coffee late at night, something you sip while thinking rather than rushing through.
    Going through this exercise made me realize how much personality is baked into objects without us noticing. A telescope isn’t just a tool to see far away; it’s patient, curious, and observant. Thinking about it as a person helped me understand how others might emotionally connect to it, not just functionally. It’s less about zoom and lenses, and more about perspective, wonder, and slowing down to look a little deeper.