“Imagination is when you dream and play at the same time.” That’s a statement from a five-year old. Michelle, a kindergarten teacher, posted it on my facebook page. I’m thinking we should carry notepads when we’re with children, so they can teach us how to be human.
Creativity requires that we listen and notice: What is moving me? What is touching my heart? The process of discovering what we love is about letting the world in. We need to be open to it, see it, feel it, and experience it. The psychologist James Hillman passed away today. Here’s something he wrote that…
The artist has but one idea he is born with it and spends a lifetime developing it and making it breathe. –Henri Matisse Perhaps all of us spend a lifetime working a single idea, whether we’re conscious of it or not. Perhaps the dreams and images that continually speak to us are part of that…
The same could be said for knowing anything of any depth or complexity … our universe, each other, or how to navigate through a turbulent situation. The metaphors that we hold are what enable us to construct meaning and find our way. Metaphor is much more than a tool of language–it’s how we make sense…
For a long time, the various parts of me have felt separate: I’m both an academic and a creative. I am passionate about teaching and learning, as well as creativity and the arts. As I’ve journeyed on my path, I’ve realized that it’s my mission to bridge the academic and creative. Since images lie at…
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