whats creativity got to do with it?

Martha Graham (1884 - 1991) was the Picasso of dance. She was influenced by her father, a doctor who incorporated physical movement to remedy nervous disorders. Her influential imprint on the world of dance is akin to that of Picasso's on art. Her legacy lives on and continues to inspire artists of all creeds...

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost.

- Martha Graham

By offering the opportunity for the kids of Stanford to investigate varying creative hobbies and forms of expression, we encourage the children to free themselves creatively. 

To find that spark of wonder inside themselves, and then nurture it and let it grow with them. Investigating creative hobbies allows individuals to exercise the creative muscle, the imagination, in a way that also illuminates natural aspirations and inclinations. 

and, as Samuel Johnson said...

our aspirations are our possibilities

“Creativity is contagious, pass it on” – Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein is quoted with this saying, and it is pretty apt to the Stanford Creative Works.  The interesting thing is, can creativity really be passed on? Or is it inherent, lying dormant in some and fully ignited and flowing in others? Adobe and StrategyOne recently performed a study, the State of Create, to see how people feel about creativity. What the results showed was that 1 in every 4 believe that they are not living up to their full creativity.It was conducted as an online survey among a total of 5, 000 people above the age of 18. 1 000 participants from each in the US, UK, Germany, France and Japan.There seems to be a definite potential that most people feel, a creative potential that even though all are not able to perceive it, it is present. Whether or not this is what a scientific community calls fact, there is value in offering people a safe space to explore and indulge in their creative juices. 

At the Stanford Kids Creative Workshop, the focus is not fixed on the outcome, but rather on the experience of being creative. There are numerous studies showing the ripple effects in ourselves when we are creative however no scientist has, as yet, pinned creativity down to any one boxed idea- that would, in essence, be rather un-creative.....so, let's remember the creative spirit, whether you nurture it for yourself through innovative business thinking, ideas, painting or gardening, just feel it and let the ripple effects emanate...  

 

nurturing the creative spirit

"being connected with one’s creativity gives an opportunity to interact and engage with the demands of the environment in an innovative and flexible way. nurturing the creative spirit of our children is an exciting and alive way to teach many skills that enable them to move in the world with strong roots, a sense of themselves and where they are coming from." see the full post here

from my own experiences with the workshop, a great awareness is placed upon providing a safe environment for the present children to explore and engage in their own creativity, creating with their own hands and minds using materials gathered from the natural environment.

"Inspiration comes by observing our environment and putting to use what we can find."

who we are

the stanford creative works project is here for the children of stanford, south africa, nurturing the creative spirit.

this is reginer bronner, a lady with a lion heart, heading up this project

you can see more about her and this workshop over at our david krut publishing page