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Category Archives: Education

WHY IT’S RIGHT TO BE WRONG

Friday, April 22, 2011

Like most people in Western culture, I grew up with a fairly embedded sense that the “smart” approach to life meant identifying and pursuing some “right” path, which would be scattered with “right” decisions that would somehow lead you unscathed to the “right” place, job, home, career, and life. Problem with this, of course, [...]

Also filed in Inspiration, Resources | Tagged brown university, kathryn schulz, TED talks, wrongologist | Comments (0)

“CHANCE FAVORS THE CONNECTED” - WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM

Saturday, March 26, 2011

One of my favorite authors, Steven Johnson, talks about his latest book “Where Good Ideas Come From,” a topic near and dear to this girl’s heart.
People often credit their ideas to individual “Eureka!” moments. But Steven Johnson shows how history tells a different story. His fascinating tour takes us from the “liquid networks” of London’s [...]

Also filed in Cool ideas, Creativity, Inspiration, Reading | Tagged books, cool ideas, creativity, Steven Johnson | Comments (0)

SIR KEN ROBINSON ON GIVING OUR KIDS AN AESTHETIC SENSE; VS. GIVING THEM ANESTHETICS

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

“Many brilliant people think they’re not, because they’ve been judged by a model that marginalizes non-academic thinking,” says Sir Ken Robinson in another of his compelling lectures on how and why today’s education system is flat-lining kids’ creative instincts and drive.

If you want more Sir Ken Robinson - and I highly recommend it - grab [...]

Also filed in The Creative Brain | Tagged "The Element", creativity, Education, reform, sir ken robinson | Comments (2)

Someday someone is going to walk into your concert hall and bring you a mind that is confused, a heart that is overwhelmed, a soul that is weary.

Friday, June 4, 2010

More often than ever, I find myself encouraging young people interested in the arts to stay with their passion and in the process, stay true to themselves. I also talk to alot of parents of young people interested in the arts, and hear them express some level of angst and fear, I think, about their [...]

Also filed in Musical Inspiration | Tagged 9/11, Boston Conservatory, creativity, Education, Karl Paulnack | Comments (2)

“NEVER ONCE DID THEY SAY BEING CREATIVE IS A WASTE OF TIME”

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

I hear it all the time from my self-proclaimed “non-artsy” friends: “Deb, you gotta admit - a life in the arts is really ‘hard.’ You wouldn’t want your kid to have a hard life like that.” To which I counter, “Well maybe, but a life in the arts you love isn’t as [...]

Category Archives: Education

WHY IT’S RIGHT TO BE WRONG

“CHANCE FAVORS THE CONNECTED” - WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM

SIR KEN ROBINSON ON GIVING OUR KIDS AN AESTHETIC SENSE; VS. GIVING THEM ANESTHETICS

Someday someone is going to walk into your concert hall and bring you a mind that is confused, a heart that is overwhelmed, a soul that is weary.

“NEVER ONCE DID THEY SAY BEING CREATIVE IS A WASTE OF TIME”

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