Creativity Counts

In Response to Susan Stevens blog post "Creativity"

    Creativity is frightening. Teacher, adults and other role models tell students and children that they can't achieve their dreams. That they are not smart enough or not creative enough or that they might not ever achieve anything. Adults tell children, not to kill their dreams but to "save" the child from the destruction of their dreams. Creativity or dreams cannot be controlled by ourselves though. If we believe that humans own creativity then it becomes hurtful to artists and others who choose to use it. However, if creativity is from an outside source that we can't control who is to say that anyone can't achieve their goals.

     As teachers, we should not only try to exemplify this creativity but also build their actions toward it. As Elizabeth Gilbert expresses in the video below, it is impossible to harness this feeling we call creativity and if children know that anyone can be creative, all they have to have is a pencil, then they will not only believe in themselves but also have a creative life which cannot harm them.



     In this time period, people feel that being creative is dangerous. Maybe creativity is dangerous, but it is still a necessary part of the world. Without creativity there is nothing to say "Ole" too and without "Ole" there is no glimpse of perfection or amazing acts of genius. In today's teaching we have to show children that everyone has a talent and that a little help from a genius, strong wind or little song coming from the world around you can change our lives forever.