Jul18

creative endeavors.

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here we meet again

 my former kindergarten student

now at the annual Ann Arbor art fair

having grown into a wonderful human

and innovative artist.

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‘creativity is like scientific research in that it involves things that haven’t been done before. as such, creative endeavors are essentially experiments, and if they really unique, you have no idea what will happen.’

-tina seeling

 

* tina seeling is an american educator, entrepreneur, and author of 17 books on creativity and innovation. she is a faculty member at Stanford University and currently the executive director of the Knight-Hennesy Scholars.

 

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  3. How awesome! It’s is always wonderful running into a former student. Give me a warm fuzzy and an occasional funny story. My chiropractor was a student at my school when I was in my third and fourth year. I had his little brother ten years after he was a student. Kids do grow up and become adults. It’s rewarding that we have a hand in their growth.

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    • yes, and he was always very creative – I found some early pics of him. one was his ‘invention’ on the first day of school, and another was his building of an Andy Goldsworthy style piece of outdoor art using nature, and most of the class cried when he had to let it ‘go back to nature’ including him, and he remembered –

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  28. These have been some of my favorite moments in education, something I’ve written about several times. My analogy is it’s like reading the early part of a book or viewing the beginning of a movie and then stepping back in somewhere in the middle.

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  32. This is as good as it gets! I love stories of connecting with former students. You must be bursting with pride, Beth. Of course your Pre-K art and creativity made a lasting impression. Did you know he was going to be at the art fair, or were you surprised?

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    • Yes absolutely, so good. I hope our class was a good beginning for him way back in the day, he was always a very creative boy. I’ve been following his art career going to a couple little shows that he’s had and his mom told me he was going to be in the fair. I was so excited for him.

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