Creativity always seems to come up when parents talk to me about TAG. Perhaps because I am also the art teacher, but I hope it is actually due to the fact that creativity is a main element in TAG. They are so closely related. creativity is NOT just about creating a visual representation, it actually goes deeper than that. Creativity is within the mind. Creativity is the thought process that allows free thinking, problem solving, that 'outside of the box' phenomenon that not everyone truly understands. Many people believe that you are born with it, or you're not. I personally feel it is not an innate ability, just like I feel the ability to draw is also not something you are just born with... The ability to draw comes from exposure, and encouragment to take risks in art, and expereiment with mediums. I have a very pateint nurturing mother that developed a sense of creativity in all of her children. For that I am forever grateful. She, allowed me to make many messes as a child, we were doing paper mache, painting and creating many things from a very early age. I invented mixing glue with shaving cream in elementary school. I remember telling my teacher at school about it and having her head look like it might pop off in fear i might try that in her room. I melted crayons to make paintings....the list goes on and on. That helps develop creativity. When you play silly word association games with your kids, or give them a bag of recycled materials to create a work of art, creativity is there. Dancing to music with your kids waving around scarves, may sound foolish,l but that inspires cretivity. Encouraging imaginative storytelling sparks creativity. Kids need to have down time to expereince creativity. Thinking quietly about topics is helping the mind develop creatively. Every new expereince you are able to provide to your child nurtures creatvity. Even those that cannot afford world travels can use simple programs like Google earth to be anywhere in the world. Letting your child ask why....playing the what if game....both are huge in the developemnt of creativity. One of my favorite quotes about creatvity is from the artist Henri Matisse, "It would be a mistake to ascribe this creative power to an inborn latent. In art, the genius creator is not just a gifted being, but a person who has succeeded in arranging for their appointed end, a complex of activities, of which the work is the outcome. the artist begins with a vision- a creative operation requiring an effort. creativity takes courage."
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isaac
5/23/2013 05:54:15 am
i think a book would be hatchet. the kid in it was really creative how he knew nothing about the outdoors but survived by his creativity
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