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a commentary and compendium by Lauren Mulkey
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• Welcome to my world • What inspires me
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• Our Tools: The Mechanics of alienation • Our Selves: The Heavy Hand of Nature
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• Re-cap: What I have learned • Things to explore further • Where I see this going
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hand·picked (hánd’pîk’) 1. To gather or pick by hand. 2. To select personally. 3. Chosen very carefully. 4. Select carefully with a particular purpose in mind.
hand’picked’ adj. Synonyms: select, specially selected, elite, choice, specially chosen, elect, cull, decide upon, elect, finger*, fix upon, hand-pick, mark, name, opt for, optate, pick out, prefer, say so, select, separate, settle on, sift out*, single out, slot, sort out, tab, tag, take, tap, winnow * informal or slang
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• Welcome to my world • What inspires me
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TO THE READER This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut, Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life:
O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face; the Print would then surpasse All, that was ever writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke Not on his Picture, but his Booke.
— Ben Jonson’s commendation of the Droeshout engraving, 1623
NO SOONER HAD I FINISHED READING the quote in the syllabus ... did I know what I was going to do for my final project. It was my first week at the University of Denver and the class was called Understanding Shakespeare. To me, this was a challenge. Make an Image of Shakespeare as full of life and vigor as one of his plays. You’re On.
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You know how some people prefer to self-teach from books and take notes? Still other people prefer to get their hands dirty in order to understand information? Well, I am in the second category, and my learning experience has been a rocky one. I believe everyone has the capability to learn and become passionate about something. It can be painfully difficult to find that as well as tap into it when needed. Passion can mean focusing, it can mean staying up late (or all night) just to work on it. It drives imagination and fosters creativity.
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I need to get my hands dirty in order to really connect with whatever I am exploring. Over the years I have been trying to understand what it is I need in order to focus on the assignment at hand. I’ve always known I would rather draw a picture than write an essay. When assignments allowed I did just that. My first week at the University of Denver, in my Understanding Shakespeare class, I was given an opportunity to use my creative skills by making an image that displayed the same amount of character and creativity as one of Shakespeare’s written works. According to my professor at the time I...“succeeded brilliantly”.
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As I mentioned before, I am an experiential learner. I have always been creative, but I am not a writer ... I am an expresser; my medium is not verbal, it is visual. The way I interact with the world is not far from the way I did when I was 5. I have a hard time sitting still, I love colors, markers and construction paper, and I have a hard time reading any book unless it has a 50/50 picture to text ratio. This book explores the direction I have seen myself and many others going. It’s a tactile and hands-on direction. It’s Handmade. Robert Fulghum, Author of,
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tells a story of entering American Kindergarten classrooms and asking the children simple questions. “How many or you are artists?”, all raise their hands… “How many of you are dancers?” all raise their hands…”How many of you are musicians?” again all raise their hands. This is just a good example of how children are born using their imaginations and being creative. Children explore their worlds with open eyes and open hands. The child is an archetypal character of wonder and exploration. Grade school teachers as well as parents can attest to the extraordinary talents of children and their capacity for creativity. Educators in early childhood development tell of how kids are willing
to take a chance, and make a mistake and they explain the value in that. Children naturally question their new system and conduct experiments constantly. In her book “Scientist in the Crib” Scientist and Author Alison Gopnik’s claims, ”Babies are just plain smarter then we are, at least if being smart means being able to learn something new…They think, draw conclusions, make predictions, look for explanations and even do experiments … In fact,
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The sky is the limit to kids, but somewhere along the way they lose track of that power. By the time they are adults things change. If asked the same questions by Mr. Fulgum, a group of adults do not raise their hands, they are not artists, they are not dancers, they are not musicians. Somewhere along the way babies and children stop exploring and start to conform. By the time they are a little older, many become extremely disconnected from themselves. They no longer question and explore their environments and simply become part of the system. I feel it’s important to maintain this child-like style of exploring, and I try to balance my constantly approaching responsibilities with things that keep me sane.
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hand¡made (hand-meyed) 1. Made by hand, rather than by machine. 2. To create personally. 3. Made in the home.
hand’made’ adj. Synonyms: do-it-yourself, handcrafted, handmade, homegrown, homespun, natural, crude, homemade, ordinary, rough, rustic, simple
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• Our Tools: The Mechanics of alienation • Our Selves: The Heavy Hand of Nature
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ONCE UPON A TIME long... long... ago man relied on himself to create his livelihood. He picked berries, built his own home, created cave paintings, and tried to catch smaller animals. His method of choice was his hands... H A N D M A D E 24
...untill he was approached by something stronger and hungrier then he was....
At this point in the story technology means: spear, club, or companion and/or multiple offspring, but soon things change. Overtime this very simple hands-based technology developed into something much larger and much stronger. Today technology has taken on power that can far exceed anything that man could ever dream.
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The act of making things by hand still share many of the original characteristics. Handmade can be found everywhere: in sweat-shops, on farms, in wig factories, in tailor shops, in classrooms, and in the home. Handmade can change the value of a product for good and for bad. MADE IN CHINA, MANUFACTURED BY HAND, MADE IN ITALY, HECHO A MANO.
Mostly Handmade means not made by machine. It is intersting that progress today means removing the action from the hands of a human opperator, automating answering services, or ordering gifts online, paying for airport parking through a machine. It is decreasing the opportunity for human error, and decreasing the opportunity for human interaction. Pretty soon we will be calling into 911 to report our emergency situations to a digital recording.
TECHNOLOGICAL TIMELINE Technology is a very BROAD term referring to any material object that people use. Technology is basically any tool or utility. Just as society develops, technology develops...which in turn helps society develop more. No matter how powerful the technology gets the deciding factor involved with the use of that tool, is ultimately the person pushing the button or pulling the switch. As we get more powerful, we have more responsibility (to question and maintain the system) to ourselves, our children, neighbors, and environment.
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one hand HAND POWER
more than one hand MAN POWER
scrappers cutters axe (chopped) door hinge digger hammer arrow heads spears rope SIMPLE TOOLS
cook boil burn singe heat bake light melt protect FIRE
pullies counterlever wedge hoist wheel
“moveable type� Biblia Sacra authorship page numbers table of contents copywriting typesetting ligatures
PHYSICS
PRINTING PRESS
Physics is the science of matterand its motion, as well as space and time. The science that deals with concepts such as force, energy, mass, and charge.
This caused an explosion in information exchange. More people learned to read and books became affordable to many classes, not just the wealthy.
26 Any device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
gun powder vaccinations poisons soap acid pepto-bismol asprin napalm Mustard gas copper salt oxygen collagen Dioxin TNT CHEMICALS
Computers calculators transistor diode capasitor resistor inductor circuts de-fribrilator heaters overs stoves lightbulb television cars fans digital clock telephone speakers answering machine security system ELECTICITY
Any substance having Electricity (from New a defined molecular Latin ēlectricus, “amcomposition. ber-like”) is a general term that encompasses a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena such as lightning and static electricity, but in addition, less familiar concepts such as the electromagnetic field and electromagnetic induction.
wheel & axle Gear rope spring bearings belts seals roller chain link chain robot vending machine windtunnel engine hydraulic ram clock Rack & Pinion Fastener lock pump vacuum MACHINE
The scientific definition of a “machine” (derived from the latin machina) is any device that transmits or modifies energy. In common usage, the meaning is restricted to devices having rigid moving parts that perform or assist in performing some work.
calculators programable devices mainframes minicomputer 4-bit 8-bit 16-bit 32-bit 64-bit embedded computer personal computer mouse keyboard ipod COMPUTER
A computer is a machine which manipulates data according to a list of instructions.
energy propulsion atomic bomb neuclear waste
NUCLEAR/ATOMIC Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled use of nuclear fission to release energy for work including propulsion, heat, and the generation of electricity.
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TECHNOLOGY is part of our lifestyle, we use it to do just about everything. Sometimes our constant use of it has unpleasant results: people trying to drive and talk on their cell-phones, others listening to ipods too loud in public places. These kinds of episodes happen all the time, can we avoid them? Put own the phone? Take out the ear-buds? Even though humans appear to be inseparable from their technology ... naturally they are. Humans, on the other hand have physical limitations. However, our imaginations are endless and along with technology can keep pushing the envelope of possibilities. Technology is a machine, it is a system. As long as the machine has fuel to burn or energy to use it will keep on going.
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HUMAN TIMELINE Human mortality represents an unrelenting juxtaposition to the seemingly endless advances of technology: technology continues to develop with no conceivable end, however the inevitability of truth for the Human is more natural and organic. This time line displays the progression of Our Tools and Our Selves. Teens: 13-19 years of age Pencil (#2)/eraser Notebook Cell phone iPod Laptop Calculator Glue
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Young Adult: 20-25 years of age Car (Transportation) Computer Cell phone iPod Pen/Wite outÂŽ Calculator Post itsÂŽ Glasses
Children: 4-12 years of age Pencil (#2) eraser Construction Paper Safe-T Scissors Crayons Glue
Babies: 0-3 years of age Hands Mouth Eyes Ears Nose
Introduction: equipped with their senses they begin life grabbing, pulling, and putting everything in their mouth.
This is the only chapter in your life where you are encouraged to express yourself and explore the possibilities outside yourself.
The need to fit in and be cool begins to be more important than being an individual. Avoid embarrassment by not raising your hand.
Separate from the flock, or stay? Your tools are getting more powerful, more connected to the system.
Adult: 25-50 years of age Car (Trasportation) Computer Cell phone iPod Pen/Wite out® Blackberry® Calculator Post its® Contacts/Glasses
Middle Aged: 50-60 years of age Car (Trasportation) Computer Phone Pen Television Bi-focals
Senior: 60+ years of age Hearing-aid Wheel chair Walker Glucose monitor
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At this point you should/ could be intertwined with the system, a key player in the game. Are you making wise choices or are you just doing what you are told?
You start to not only see the big picture but you begin to feel the big picture. Your body starts to be realistic and not as elastic. However, you can still be strongly connected to the system.
You are encouraged to pick up Handskill-hobbies:painting, writing, puzzles, anything to keep your mind and hands entertained. Eventually you begin to set down your tools.
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The importance of maintaining a Handmade lifestyle.
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When you get down to the bottom of it‌Handmade means living in a selfsustainable manner. What you need you make or grow and everything else leave alone. This can be a difficult life-style to maintain because it makes you more responsible for your solutions, and it is hard to be innovative! Inspiration and creativity are the key ingredients to living a more Handmade lifestyle, and when neglected they atrophy just like muscles. Studies show that people that begin to excersize and maintain these muscles as young adults are less likely to get diseases like Alzheimer’s.
This is Sister Esther, she enjoys handcrafts and rides her excercyclist 10 mintues every morning.
At 93, Sister Nicolette Welter still reads avidly, Recently finishing a biography of Bishop James Patrick Shannon. She Knits, crochets, plays rousing card games and, until a recent fall, was walking several miles a day without a cane or walker. However, her younger sister (Also a nun) Mary Ursula, 92, shows clear Alzheimer’s symptoms. Her older sister, Nicolette feeds and reads prayers to her as she uses a wheelchair and can barely raise her head and crumpled hands. After reading writing examples from each of the sisters when they were 20, interesting observations were made. Sister Nicolette’s essay is full of emotion and many thoughts woven into a few words. It is hard to tell how or where Sister Mary Ursula lost her spark for the creative, but it seems that neglecting it may have lead to her dependent state. The sisters who had expressed the most positive emotions in their writing as girls ended up living longest, and those on the road to Alzheimer’s expressed fewer and fewer positive emotions as their mental faculties declined (New York Times).
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Many rehabilitation centers focus their programs around selfexpression activities, often including handmade projects. One such program, called Narconon, actually teaches that any
“Production is the basis for morale” meaning that anytime you make (produce) something you create positive energy that boosts your moral.
They go further to explain the eight different “Dynamics” upon which you can produce. 1) Yourself 2) Family 3) Any group you are a part of. 4) Every single person (mankind) 5) Other life forms: plants, animals 6) Physical universe: matter, energy, space & time 7) Spiritual self: not the physical you 8) Higher power Drugs can bring people to the ugliest place in their life; the bottom of their barrel, and in this program they encourage any kind of production, any kind of creation, and one handmaking is a basic step towards a healthy form of self-expression.
There are many other uses for Handmade in therapeutic situations. For instance Origami is an ancient Japanese art of paper folding and was initially used for ceremonial and decorative purposes. Today many people find comfort in the repetition and connection they have with creating each piece. Not only is this art full of tradition, but it is also full of emotion.
Another form of handmade expression is writing in journals. Many people don’t take the time to keep a journal but the ones who do find it very rewarding. It gives them a place to put down their thoughts, some way to solidify what is inside their heads. The process of having the words go from head to hand is still creating, to put words to thoughts is a truly creative activity and that character and energy can be seen not only in the words but also in the handwriting. When people keep a journal they are exercising their expression every time they sit down to write. Eventually it becomes easier to get out the thoughts, and they also become better writers.
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Sir Ken Robinson is a gentleman on a similar mission, in that he is talking about HOW CAN WE GET THE CREATIVITY BACK into the classroom. He says,
“CREATIVITY is as important as literacy and we should treat it with the same status...
WE DON’T GROW I N T O C R E A T I V I T Y, WE GROW OUT OF IT; or rather we get educated out of it.
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then not that come about through the interaction of different disciplinary ways of seeing things.
If you are not prepared to be wrong you’ll never come up with anything. . . . . . . . . . .
He was Knighted in June 2003 by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding achievements as a leader in creativity, education and the arts.
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“By the time we become adults we are afraid to be wrong. We run our companies this way. We stigmatize mistakes and as a result we are educating people out of their creative capacities.�
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“Somewhere along the line,
many adults have forgotten how to use their imagination
to think and solve problems out of the box. Roger von Oech, in his book A Whack on the Side of the Head, recounts a teacher’s exercise in examining creativity. The teacher drew a dot on the chalkboard and asked a class of sophomores to identif y it. They responded with obvious: a chalk dot. He notes that the day before she had asked a group of kindergartners, and they had come up with numerous examples of what it might be: the top of a telephone pole, a squashed bug, and owl’s eye, a cigar butt, a rotten eg g, and so on. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood many of us lose the ability to be creative and search for more than one right answer. (Kathleen Wheelihan)”
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But as humans it is second nature to respond to mistakes we have all done it; said something stupid and then felt embarrassed. It is something that we should really be conscious of. As we learn to be more creative, we need to remind ourselves not to conform. To remain individual, but not apart. “Wisdom is one of the end results of creativity, and true wisdom is impossible to achieve if you are constantly concerned with the thoughts and actions of those around you (Beth Ferree).” Beth also says,”[c]reative people tend to be more intelligent and curious than the average person. Pablo Picasso once said, ‘ I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.’ Never stopping to rest on his laurels, he died in his 90’s, some of his greatest work created in the last 25 years of his life. Ironically, Picasso was afraid to paint. Creative people face their fears head on.” H A N D M A D E 44
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hand·di·rect·ed (hand di-rek-tid) 1. Guided, regulated, or managed. 2. To cause to move toward a goal. 3. To show or indicate the way for. 4. To indicate the intended recipient on.
hand’directed’ adj. Synonyms: at hand, brewing*, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming, hanging over*, impending, in prospect, in store, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, sealed, settled, stated, threatening, to come, unavoidable * informal or slang
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• Re-cap: What I have learned. • Things to explore further • Where I see this going.
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So at this point we have talked about the lack of Handmade in our lives and the possible problems that are stemming from this. What can we do about it? Where do we go from here?
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IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS CLASS WHEN WE WERE ASKED TO IDENTIFY A TOPIC, it
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It took so long because I knew I had a passion, but I didn’t know where it came from. where it was rooted.
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Was it in child phsychology? or was it in sustainable living...? I eventually figured out what it was...it’s this common thread in every individual. Something we all share. It’s about creating, and the energies that come from the action. For the self and for the community.
This book is called Handmade. because hands are the first tool outside of our bodies that aid in the creation process. However there are many ways to create that don’t involve making things by hand. This is what I would like to investigate further. The Creation, and how it appears as though we have lost the connection we have to this activity.
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Are there “good” and “bad” kinds of creation? Where do we draw the line between them? What type of people are creating the “good” and “bad”? Can you teach people to only create for the “good”? Can we minimize or eliminate the creation of “bad”? Even though we have been researching our topics for a whole term I feel like I have just scratched the surface and I would like the opportunity to get to the bottum of this and really understand the degree to which we all are effected by creation.
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of Notre Dame perches peacefully. Within its thick red brick walls are bright paintings of nuns and children. Organ hymns waft from a circular scientific experiment. For 15 years, elderly Catholic nuns here have had their genes analyzed and balance and strength measured. They have and whether they can count coins correctly. Sisters Claverine and Nicolette with their sibling Sister Mar y Ursula, who has Alzheimer’s symptom r. David A. Snowdon, top center, and his colleagues Cecil Runyons and Ann Tudor examining a cross-sectioned brain from the Nun Study. Dr. S he autobiographical essays they wrote for their order in their 20’s, when they took their vows, have been scrutinized, their words plumbed for m in jars. The experiment, called the Nun Study, is considered by exper ts on aging to be one of the most innovative effor ts to answer questions a outlook early in life can help people live longer. “The Nun Study has cer tainly been pioneering,” said Dr. Richard Suzman, chief of demograph Alzheimer’s disease.” 07.06.06 We Are Educating People Out of Their Creative Capacities [Recorded Februar y 2006 in Monterey, CA Duration: of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative, and a leading exper t on innovation and human resources. In this talk, he makes an enter taining (and p going to look like, but we do know that it is moving away from the right brain dominated tasks brought on by the industrial revolution. (See Dan of industrialism. Yet it is this educational system is meant to take us into this unknown future. To meet this future we need to begin to educa status. We don’t grow in to creativity, we grow out of it; or rather we get educated out of it.” “I define creativity as the process of having orig comments on making mistakes are impor tant, because I believe that we really only pay lip ser vice to this in our personal lives, our families adults we are afraid to be wrong. We run our company’s this way. We stigmatize mistakes and as a result we are educating people out of the need to be conscious of. Beyond personal growth, the issues he raises in his presentation have far reaching implications for developing and m lose the true value of our people by stigmatizing mistakes. Not all mistakes are acceptable of course, but a genuine mistake that people are t not doing anything. I’m positive that a doer makes mistakes.” By treating mistakes and failures as a positive learning experience, people get world of economic and technological change that is moving faster than ever. They urgently need people who are creative, innovative and flexib vital questions for all organisations that have a serious strategic interest in creativity and innovation.Why is it essential to promote creativity? What’s the price of failure? Why is it necessar y to develop creativity? Why do so many adults think they’re not creative (and not ver y intelligent or just a select few? Can creativity be developed? If so, how? What are the benefits of success? In Out of our Minds, Ken Robinson argues th what their real abilities are. He says what all organisations, including those in education, can do immediately to recover people’s creative tale the extraordinar y challenges of living and working in the 21st centur y. By studying 678 nuns - at this convent and six others in the order, in colleagues have come up with tantalizing clues and provocative theories over the years. Their research has shown that folic acid may help sta language ability may be linked to lower risk of Alzheimer’s because nuns who packed more ideas into the sentences of their early autobiogra and Social Psychology, says nuns who expressed more positive emotions in their autobiographies lived significantly longer - in some cases 10 additional studies.” The nuns are ideal for scientific study because their stable, relatively similar lives preclude cer tain factors from contribut and eat in convent cafeterias, and most were teachers in Catholic schools. The study is also considered powerful because it has information “I think the Nun Study is ver y impor tant because it uses information obtained about people before the period of illness,” said Dr. Rober t P. Fri young adults, less mentally and physically active outside their jobs than people without the disease. “So we know from the Nun Study and o life.”All this has given Dr. Snowdon, author of a new book on the study called “Aging With Grace” (Bantam), a rare window through which to exa even in nuns with vir tually identical backgrounds, even those who are biologically related. At 93, Sister Nicolette Welter still reads avidly, r walking several miles a day with no cane or walker. But a younger sibling , Sister Mar y Ursula, 92, shows clear Alzheimer’s symptoms, Dr. Snowd head or gnarled hands. The other day, Sister Nicolette prompted Sister Mar y Ursula to remember her age and bir th date, but when Sister Nico Ursula’s eyes glazed, showing no hint of recognition. Another Welter sister, 87-year-old Sister Claverine, is still active and clearheaded. A fou “but I just feel like I’ll keep my mental faculties.” Some of Dr. Snowdon’s research suggests she might be right. Sister Nicolette’s autobiogra trait correlating closely with nuns who later escaped Alzheimer’s. One sentence in Sister Nicolette’s essay, for example, reads, “After I finishe my parents so Sister Agreda did it in my stead and they readily gave their consent.” Compare that to the essay of another Mankato nun, who her essay, “After I left school, I worked in the post- office.” The Nun Study’s latest published findings offer similarly provocative ideas about ho longer life echoes other studies showing that depression increases risk of cardiovascular disease and that people rated as optimists on pe positive emotions? The Impor tance of CreativityBy Beth Ferree Throughout histor y creative genius has been connected with mental illness. Ed a few friends. It became fashionable to suffer for your ar t. Psychologists have discovered a link between those who are highly creative and the inspiration hits it is a recalcitrant child. The need to create sits at your feet and kicks its heels until you pay attention. Then, when the ideas sta out. Once the poem is written, or the painting is finished, there is an exhaustion. If you are not emotionally stable at the outset, it would be inc must wonder what possible advantages there could possibly be to creativity. In reality, these cycles of inspiration don’t occur with ever yone than the average person. Pablo Picasso once said, “I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” Never sto to paint. Creative persons face their fears head on. If you are wondering how to develop your creativity, odds are you aren’t interested in cr business or personal life. If you’ve ever tried to solve a problem that seemed to have no solution or dealt with a contrar y child, you definitely u to develop and nur ture. By mastering these, you will not only become more creative but your self esteem will blossom. Someone who is crea knowledgeable about their field of exper tise. Risk takers by nature, they aren’t afraid to tr y new things or, when fears begin to plague them, th is the ability to be a nonconformist. It is probably also one of the most difficult to emulate. Wisdom is one of the end results of creativity, Creative genius is one of those rare commodities bestowed upon a blessed few at bir th. Only in the last two decades have scientists been abl it will reap you many rewards. Beth Ferree is the author of two ebooks and numerous print ar ticles. She currently works as a ghost writer o out shor tly. “How much of this is temperament?” Dr. Suzman said. “How much of it is affected by life events and critical relationships with par the study, 295 are alive and are all 85 or older. In the Mankato convent alone, there have been seven centenarians, many free of dementia. O scenes for the gift shop and pedals an exercise bike ever y day, her black veil flapping, an orange towel draped over her legs for modesty. “Som therapists yellow notes with phrases from books she reads. “Think no evil, do no evil, hear no evil,” she wrote recently, “and you will never w her family and her decision to become a nun. Dr. Snowdon’s condition that nuns donate their brains was a stumbling block for some of the sis But Sister Rita Schwalbe, the convent’s health administrator when the study began, said she had told them that as nuns they had made “the diff lens - or a humorous one. Sister Nicolette said: “After the resurrection, our bodies will be perfect. We’ll be so happy we won’t care what hap cognitive and physical tests - including identifying ever yday objects and opening small doors with different latches - the nuns get summaries o Becker, 88, who does crossword puzzles and reads Danielle Steel novels. “Here I am of sound mind and body and I sit there and open and clo I am afraid of what’s going to happen to me, yes. How stupidly am I going to act? Will I know people? How long will it take me to die?” Creati problem solving, recruiting, retaining and motivating employees, decision making, dealing with limited resources, satisfying custom today. Somewhere along the line, many adults have forgotten how to use their imagination to think and solve problems out of t chalkboard and asked a class of sophomores to identify it. They responded with the obvious: a chalk dot. She noted pole, a squashed bug, an owl’s eye, a cigar butt, a rotten egg, and so on. Somewhere between childhood and adult and creativity? Here are a few tips: Be curious. Practice developing your curiosity by asking questi are you assuming is impossible? 3 What if ... 4 Why do we ... Celebrate your failures. There are many “failure.” It may be an opportunity to create a new product, improve a process, or solve a pro inner child. Look for ways to become a kid again. Watch children at play and remember what t gaze at the clouds to identify the shapes you see, go for a walk in the woods and look at more clearly and creatively. These are just a few of the ways you can learn to be more cr speaker and consultant for AchieveMax®, Inc., a firm specializing in creativity to customer ser vice and leadership to teambuilding for a number of 800-886-2MAX or by visiting http://www.AchieveMax.com. Dr. Snowdon, 48, h and strict than the warm, good-humored School Sisters he sees almost who show slight signs of Alzheimer’s. “Do we really want to tell these d something?” he asked. Dr. Snowdon is quick to agree with other exper ts w the nuns knew a mother superior would see their writing and therefore may affairs at the Alzheimer’s Association, based in Chicago, “but I think it’s goin Still, Dr. Snowdon hopes his study will encourage people to do things to wa current project involves analyzing old photographs of nuns for personality he contends the nuns’ spirituality and community living helps them too. “You d are to each other and patient, that’s something all of us can do.” Several nun York Times Company 1. Technology Timeline: star ting with handmade (ca powerful. The technology is controlled by people. IF you have bad people controlling the power, b is a new invention, will advertise the benefits of the new item in order to sell it. As we get more power who has nuclear weapons has the co-existant responsibility to make sure these weap of technology. Positive – the sewing machine Negative – sweatshops yes. The taking advantage of cheap labor and non-existant labor standards. -3)Technology advances provide a framework for the systemic alienation (as our tools change, we become further estranged from the final produ I’m SURE the new iPhone is the creation of a department of people. and exceeds our individual power, and becomes a more powerful tool th blinded by technology, you lose your individuality and forget how to make decisions and question your actions. This creates a disconnect between our actions and con from thousands of miles away from the targetm using guided missles with camera-guided navigation systems. As technology and power increase, our connecti sometimes stylized) depiction of someones name. Proof of identity and intent.Basic form of identify and hand gesture. Monotonization: “ Th highly personal creative work. Yet, while the fictionalized world of cyberspace flourished and popular nedia resigned itself to the slickness of
chapel, and nuns attend Mass and murmur rosaries under a white vaulted dome. But this crucible of faith is also the site of an extraordinar y been tested on how many words they can remember minutes after reading them on flashcards, how many animals they can name in a minute ms.“Sometimes I feel like I’m 150, but I just made up my mind I’m not going to give up,” says Sister Esther Boor, who is a dementia-free 106. Snowdon’s study involves not only pathology on nuns who have died but also a study of autobiographical essays the nuns wrote in their 20’s. meaning. And as they have died, their brains have been removed and shipped in plastic tubs to a laborator y where they are analyzed and stored about who gets Alzheimer’s disease and why. And now in a new repor t it is offering insight on a different subject - whether a positive emotional hy and population epidemiology at the National Institute on Aging. “It’s helped change the paradigm about how people think about aging and 20:02] More download options here.Here is a presentation wor th watching from the TED 2006 Conference. Sir Ken Robinson is author of Out rofoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nur tures creativity, rather than undermining it. We don’t know what the future is nk Pink’s, A Whole New Mind.) Robinson obser ves that our educational system is predicated on the idea of academic ability to meet the needs ate the whole being.Here are some thoughts from his presentation: ”Creativity is as impor tant as literacy and we should treat it with the same ginal ideas that have value more often than not comes about from through the interaction of different disciplinar y ways of seeing things.” His and organizations. Robinson states, “If you’re not prepared to be wrong you’ll never come up with anything original. By the time we become eir creative capacities.” How true. But I think it comes second nature to us to respond to mistakes in this way. It is something that we really more impor tantly sustaining a learning organization. Einstein wrote, “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” We taking responsibility for and learning from should be rewarded and encouraged. John Wooden said, “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re better and make fewer and fewer mistakes.There is a paradox. Throughout the world, companies and organisations are tr ying to compete in a le. Too often they can’t find them. Why is this? What’s the real problem — and what should be done about it? Out of Our Minds answers three ? Governments, companies and organisations are concerned as never before with promoting creativity and innovation. Why is this so essential? t)? Most children are buzzing with ideas. What happens to them as they grow up? What is involved in promoting creativity? Is ever yone creative hat organisations are tr ying to fix a downstream problem that originates in schools and universities. Most people leave education with no idea ents. Robinson also argues for radical changes in how we think about intelligence and human resources and in how we educate people to meet n Connecticut, Mar yland, Texas, Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois - Dr. David A. Snowdon, an epidemiologist at the University of Kentucky, and ave off Alzheimer’s disease; that small, barely perceptible strokes may trigger some dementia; and, in an especially striking finding, that early aphies were less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease six decades later. The new repor t, being published on Monday in The Journal of Personality 0 years longer - than those expressing fewer positive emotions. “It’s an impor tant finding,” Dr. Suzman said, “and I think it will lead to lots of ting to illness. They do not smoke, hardly drink and do not experience physical changes related to pregnancy. The School Sisters are white n from several stages in its subjects’ lives, including when they were too young to manifest Alzheimer’s or other diseases related to aging. iedland, professor of neurology at Case Western Reser ve University and author of a study showing that people with Alzheimer’s were, as others that Alzheimer’s disease takes several decades to develop, and the disease has many impor tant effects on all aspects of a person’s amine why some nuns thrive and others deteriorate so much they lose speech, mobility and much of their memor y. The differences show up recently finishing a biography of Bishop James Patrick Shannon. She knits, crochets, plays rousing card games and, until a recent fall, was don said. Several times a day, Sister Nicolette feeds and reads prayers to Sister Mar y Ursula, who uses a wheelchair and can hardly lift her olette asked if she recalled when “Sister Julia told you to pick up the Kleenex people used after Mass and you didn’t want to,” Sister Mar y ur th sibling , Sister Mar y Stella, died in 1996 at 80. “I wouldn’t have any idea why this happened to Mar y Ursula,” said Sister Nicolette, aphy, written when she was 20, was full of what Dr. Snowdon calls “idea density,” many thoughts woven into a small number of words, a ed the eighth grade in 1921 I desired to become an aspirant at Mankato but I myself did not have the courage to ask the permission of is in her late 90’s and has performed steadily worse on the memor y tests. The nun, who sat quietly by a window the other day, wrote in ow positive emotional state in early life may contribute to living longer. Exper ts say linking positive emotions in the autobiographies to ersonality tests were more likely than pessimists to be alive 30 years later. The findings also raise questions like, What underlies the dgar Allen Poe died in the streets, drugged out and dried up. Emily Dickinson created poems secluded in her room, seeing only family and e tendency to develop bipolar disorder. Indeed, the ver y process of creating may sometimes seem to be a manic depressive episode. When ar t flowing, they come at a pace any sprinter would envy. Often it is difficult to write fast enough to keep up with the thoughts as they tumble credibly difficult to deal with this inspirational cycling. When you consider the emotional turmoil the creative genius often experiences, you and the benefits of exercising your creative muscles far outweigh the disadvantages. Creative people tend to be more intelligent and curious opping to rest on his laurels, he died in his 90’s, some of his greatest work created the last 25 years of his life. Ironically, Picasso was afraid reating The Mona Lisa or writing the next Great American Novel. You are probably far more interested in how creativity will benefit you in understand that creativity is an essential tool for success. There are cer tain personality traits creative people possess that you canH learn ative tends to be flexible and easy going. They do not rattle easily and tend to take life in stride. They are motivated and tend to be A ver y hey plow ahead regardless. These are the people who bring about change in the world.One of the most admirable traits of the creative N , and true wisdom is impossible to achieve if you are constantly concerned with the thoughts and actions of those around you. D ture le to determine what it is and discover those who have it. However, creativity dwells within each of us and taking the time to nur M on a fantasy novel and as a vir tual assistant for an online clothing company. Her third ebook, Tickle Your Muse, will be coming A rents, friends, teachers, peers?” Overall, Dr. Snowdon says, the nuns live significantly longer than other women. Of the 678 in D ne is Sister Esther Boor, who at 106 speeds through the labyrinth of halls with a royal blue walker, glazes ceramic nativity E metimes I feel like I’m 150, but I just made up my mind I’m not going to give up,” said Sister Esther, who gives her exercise write a best-selling novel.” Sister Esther’s autobiographical essay, written 80 years ago, is similarly upbeat, speaking fondly of sters. “I had a hard time with it,” said Sister Claverine, who delayed signing up. “I had an image of myself being buried intact.” 53 ficult decision not to have children. This is another way of giving life.” Many nuns now see brain donation through a liturgical pens to our brains.” And Sister Miriam Thissen, 89, said: “Que será será. After you’re dead, so what?” After completing the of their results and can see if their performance has changed. “Ever y time I get out of there I feel like an idiot,” said Sister Blanche ose little doors and look at pictures and tr y to remember them all. But maybe it’s made me more tolerant of people with Alzheimer’s. ivity for Success By Kathleen Wheelihan Creativity and innovation are important keys to success in today’s rapidly changing world. Process improvement, mers, and rapidly changing technology are all examples of business realities that require creative solutions. Yet, innovative thinkers are often tough to find the box. Roger von Oech, in his book A Whack on the Side of the Head, recounts a teacher’s exercise in examining creativity. The teacher drew a dot on the that the day before she had asked a group of kindergartners, and they had come up with numerous examples of what it might be: the top of a telephone thood many of us lose the ability to be creative and search for more than one right answer. So how can we as adults regain and maintain our spirit of fun ions to get a better understanding, or to see things from a different perspective. Some questions you might ask: 1 What are you taking for granted? 2 What inventions we view as essentials today that exist only because someone recognized their failure as an opportunity. Examine what can be learned from each oblem. Look for ways to make this type of evaluation part of your normal practices so the entire workforce is encouraged to think more creatively! Nurture your things brought you joy as a kid. Consider what brings you joy today and take time out to explore your playful side. For example, fly a kite, build a model train, the plant and animal life, or simply daydream. Taking time away from the pressures of a tense situation can help free your mind so you’re ready to see things reative to achieve the success you deserve. Remember, it’s never too late to start. Good luck and have fun! Kathleen J. Wheelihan is a professional n custom-designed keynote presentations, seminars, and consulting ser vices. Kathleen has made presentations ranging from industries, including credit union, education, government, health care, manufacturing, and real estate. She can be reached at has become unusually close to his subjects. He says that when he was in Catholic school as a child, the nuns were more rigid as grandmothers. That relationship has made him acutely aware of sensitive ethical issues, like how for thright to be with nuns dear women who are having memor y loss that they are in the early phases of Alzheimer’s, that they should star t taking who say his conclusions need to be corroborated by other studies. There are limitations to the autobiographies, for instance, since not have been totally candid. “He’s pointed us in some directions,” said Dr. Bill Thies, vice president for medical and scientific ng to take a fair amount of work before we star t making public health recommendations about behaviors that will prevent Alzheimer’s.” rd off the disease, like quit smoking and other stroke-causing behaviors, and read to children to stimulate language development. His clues in their face muscles to see if personality correlates to Alzheimer’s or longevity. And, although he cannot prove it scientifically, don’t necessarily have to join a church or join a convent,” Dr. Snowdon said. “But that love of other people, that caring, how good they ns agree. “The science is impor tant,” Sister Miriam said. “But the science is dictated by providence anyway.” Copyright 2001 The New avemen) --->fire-->pullies-->Wheel->electricity-->------->atomic power. As society develops, technology develops with it, and both become more bad things happen.Everyone sees a new invention and wonders how that can use it to their advantage - this is human nature. Business people, when there rful, we have more responsibility (to question and maintain the system) to ourselves, our children, neighbors, and environment. Well said. Every country pons are never used unless it is absolutely necessary. -1) The first step away - 2001 – the monkey and bone -2) The positive and negative effects sewing machine enables us to produce handmade goods more quickly and easily but demand for goods can lead to some folks exceeding our ability to make good choices (Einstein). The atomic bomb. Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should. 1) Technological ucts of our work: i.e. hand combat verses chemical warfare - Technology is outside of us, I think it is FROM us, especially as we join together with other creative thinkers. hat we need to control and use wisely. The more reliant we become on the power of technology, the further away we get from our individual power (hands). If you are nsequences. Instead of having to kill some one with your hands, you can pull a trigger or drop a bomb. nowadays, much of the military tactics involve firing weapons ivity with ourselves decreases. We feel a par t of the system, instead of an individual.Signature: Latin for signare “sign” is a handwritten (and he ‘monotonization of the world,” as writer Stefen Zweig described it, was accopanied by a lack of exposure to and cultivation of unique and MTV, a gowing number of sr tists and designers began to rebel against the ubiquity and singularity of mass production and digital technology.
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LONGS TO ESCAPE FROM THE PERSONAL LIFE into the world of objective perception and thought. - Albert Einstein
(Albert and sister Maja) His teachers thought he was mentally handicapped because he did not speak untill he was three years old. Now his name is synonymous with genius. He eventually left school at the age of 15. His teachers claimed he was slow,lazy, and couldn’t be taught anything else. But really I think he left because they couldn’t teach him anything valuable to his creative mind. His strongest subject was math.
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