Creativity roots us in what is alive
At no point in her life did my mother ever ask me about my work, nor, to my knowledge, did she ever read any of…
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Embrace messiness: Let go of control to spark creativity in teaching
I’ll never forget the moment that sparked my book Getting Messy: A Guide to Taking Risks & Opening the Imagination. I was teaching in the…
Why imagination is the highest form of research
There was a particular moment in my teaching career when I asked a room full of graduate students to imagine a world beyond what they…
We’re the most human when we’re being creative.
We’re the most human when we’re being creative. Whether it’s painting a masterpiece, solving a tricky problem, or reimagining a relationship, creativity is what makes…
After I finished my Ph.D., I moved to the wilderness of northwest Montana
After I finished my Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, I tried very hard to do what I was ‘supposed’ to do… get a tenure-track…
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