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…
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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…
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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…
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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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When we don’t know what we’re doing, our brain hooks up to higher wisdom
I once heard Terry Gross interview the celebrated filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on her program, NPR’s Fresh Air. Gross asked Lynch something about what he…
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