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Teaching Tasks
If we teach things without a clear why, what we are essentially doing is teaching tasks. For instance, if we believe we are teaching opinion writing to learn…
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Sharing Fuels Sharing
It's simple. Sharing fuels sharing. The more my students share, the more my students want to share. The more my students share the more my students learn, think…
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But I Wanted A Horse
It’s often said that there are no mistakes in art. But it’s not really true. If a student wants to draw say… a horse but their horse…
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THE Creative Processes
There really is no such thing as THE creative process. Everyone’s creative process is different. Essentially, we have models and examples of creative processes. Read any…
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The Monet Lesson
We can learn a lot about Monet, the Impressionist painter, and about Impressionism, the painting movement that Monet led around 1880 or so. We can learn, for instance,…
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Painting is Poetry
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. Leonardo da Vinci From this stance, great books are great…
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Be Creative
It's a phrase we hear often, “Be Creative!” It's probably mostly uttered in regards to art or some artistic endeavor. We hear it at the beginning,…
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A Recipe for Creativity
Notice ideas, things, places where you find joy. Explore those ideas, things, and places through any means you can. Painting, song, sculpture, fashion, acting, dancing, writing, clay, programming, composing, cooking,…
