Creativity, Ecological Intelligence, and Cultivating the Cosmic Task at Home and School BY KELLY JOHNSON
PART 1:
Creativity and Cultivation of the Cosmic Task
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the ways of Einstein, Maya Angelou, Yayoi
Are the mechanics or doctors who think
Kusama, or Maria Montessori (and that is
outside the box to solve complex problems
okay), we all deserve the benefits of being
with cars or human bodies, or the physi-
creative in our day to day lives.1
cists who envisioned the Hadron Collider,
Creativity — and being a creative thinker
Isn’t the Montessori Method already cre-
based on particle theories any less creative
— is elusive and inherent all at once. As
ative? Yes, of course, the method inherent-
than the eccentric author, award-winning
humans, we all have immense potential for
ly supports creative cognition. Why would
composer, or genre-defining visual artist?
creativity across all fields of life and learn-
developing stronger foundations for cre-
Of course not, because each of these tasks
ing — from art to science, to social and
ative cognition be important then? It is too
and many more like them across fields
educational contributions, and beyond.
easy to forget to make space for the fluid
require immense amounts of interdisci-
Though few of us will ever be Creative in
transitions that creative cognition requires.
plinary creative cognition. Fortunately, as
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