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Arts literacy help students develop design-thinking, creativity and


critical thinking all skills said. to be important for the future
workforce. They use arts- specific vocabulary, metaphors,
embodiment, and other. more demanding ways to express
themselves through.
2. Make a habit of these seven practices, and you will be
highly creative in your field:
1. Prepare the ground
“In creating, the only hard thing’s to begin; A grass-blade’s
no easier to make than an oak.”—James Russell Lowell
Creativity requires an absorbed mind, a relaxed state of focus
and attention. Give yourself the time and space you need to
get completely absorbed in the zone of creativity and
inspiration. Let the desire to create come from the pure
pleasure of creative expression. If you worry about being
perfect, you may never begin.
2. Plant seeds for creativity
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our
thoughts. With our thoughts we create the world.” —The
Buddha
We amplify what we think about most. Put your attention on
what you want to create, not on complaints. Set an intention
to produce the results you desire.
3. Live in the question
“Be patient towards all that is unsolved in your heart. And try
to love the questions themselves.” —Rainer Maria Rilke
It’s been said that at the age of 5, children ask 120 questions a
day, at age 6 they ask only 60 questions a day, and at the age
of 40, adults ask 4 questions a day. We adults need to embrace
“beginner’s mind,” and ask questions, instead of trying to find
immediate answers. Pay attention to questions other people
ask, especially those from artists, scientists, and thought
leaders. Collect questions you find compelling.
4. Feed your brain
“If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories,
novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you
automatically explode every morning like old faithful. I have
never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself
well, to the point of bursting.” —Ray Bradbury
Be curious and follow your nose. Get interested in something
and it will later provide you with a goldmine of ideas if you
learn to make connections between people, places and things
that would not ordinarily be connected. Combining ideas, and
making connections are key practices of creativity employed
by artists, designers, and scientists
5. Experiment & explore
“I make more mistakes than anyone else I know, and sooner or
later, I patent most of them.”—Thomas Edison
Edison was a both a prolific inventor and innovator, producing
over 1,093 patents. He was also a master at learning from
failed experiments. When he died in 1931 he left behind 3,500
notebooks containing details of his ideas and thoughts. If you
follow your curiosity, experiment with ideas, and learn from
your mistakes, the quality of your creativity will vastly
improve.

6. Replenish your creative stock


“As artists, we must learn to be self nourishing.” —Julia
Cameron
Joni Mitchell describes her replenishing process as field
rotation. When she needs a break, she switches form singing
and songwriting to painting.
7. The secret to liberating your creativity
While there is no magic bullet that will liberate your creativity,
it can be helpful to remember how you played as a child. What
absorbed you to the extent that you lost track of time? Your
child’s play provides the clue to your creativity, your talents
and your passion. What connections can you make from
lessons you have learned at play, that you can apply to your
work?
Creativity takes on many forms in business, art, design,
education and science. When we express our creativity in
these domains, we have the ability to make life and work a
work of art.

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