Go have a look at this talk by Sir Ken Robinson on TED www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/66 . This very entertaining talk is about the serious subject of how we educate people out of creativity. Very much food for thought.
Ken Robinson was the Chairman, of a committee that produced a report for the british Government in 1999 called ‘All our Futures’ www.dfes.gov.uk/naccce/index1.shtml . I was given some statistics out of this report on the measure of genius level of creativity by age:
Age 3-5 98% have Genius level creativity
8-10 32%
13-15 10%
25+ 2%
How disturbing is this!
I was asked the question recently - ‘how creative are you in your life?’ and I find myself making surprising discoveries of instances today, especially having released myself from the definition of creative = art. However, I have also discovered how often I constrict myself from achieving and richer life, usually by allowing time pressure to get to me. More action required!
What I do know is that I find sailing well a creative experience. I was helming a beautiful 50’ yacht ‘Atlantis’ down the channel to Dover the other day and had a lot of fun steering precisely right in the waves. I was just watching the waves with total concentration, no other thoughts or self-talk. Beautiful.
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