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Your Inner Picasso
Jan 13 | Your Inner Picasso
My daughter sent me a link this weekend to MrPicassoHead.com and her "Picassoesque" creation. I LOVED it! And, despite that I was knee deep in preparing for a training session I need to give this week...I stopped and doodled around with the site...for an hour! This wasn't the mind-numbing game experience so many of our children descend into. It was fanciful...distracting...engaging...and, believe it or not, creative. But what really struck me was the number of "drawings" that have been created here. As of this morning there were 818,715 creations and this got me to thinking. From the first days of the appearance of modern man the human race has expressed itself with art. Whether in cave drawings, jewelry, masks, and even common objects like bowls, clothing, and weapons men have reflected their world and their love for beauty artistically. Why is this important? Because creativity does not just reflect itself in art but in problem solving as well.
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Exercising our artistic nature allows us all to see our world creatively. Seeing our world not just with our practical eye but with our creative eye allows us to understand our life and our interactions with others more clearly. Teaching the creative arts in our schools is not a waste of time nor should our arts programs be the first to receive the ax when budgets need to be cut. In fact, I would argue that arts programs should be the last to be cut. A child who can work with the complexities of perspective on a canvas can translate these skills to architecture and engineering. The child who deeply understands the mathematical nature of music can dissect the intricacies of applied mathematics. Is the ability to move fifteen leaping, spiraling, and falling dancers across a stage in ever changing kaleidoscopic patterns that much different than visualizing how to move automobiles through a busy intersection?
Our school systems need to embrace and nurture the creativity of their students for it is the innate creative nature of the human race which is needed to solve the complex societal issues of the 21st century.
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Meet Sue Waite-Langley | Western Regional Mgr.
Ms. Waite-Langley brings a unique perspective to Creative Tutors. Educated at the University of Connecticut where she received a BS in Finance; Susan brings over thirty years of diverse professional experience in business management, financial planning, marketing, technology, and fundraising. While her early business experience was in technology sales, she most recently has been involved in many child related activities including working as Business Manager for a small private school and local dance studio and countless hours of volunteer work in support of public school dance programs in the DFW Metroplex. A widow with two grown stepchildren and two daughters attending the University of Utah, Sue is uniquely aware of the varied educational demands and needs of children. She states it best: "The public school system is geared today for the average learner. Exceptionally bright children and children who require extra help in order to progress academically are left out. We stand to lose half of our children...some through boredom and others to frustration." Her vast professional knowledge, coupled with her personal conviction to meet the educational needs of all children, is a true asset to Creative Tutors. In addition to her work with Creative Tutors she is involved with the Utah arts community and is a passionate family genealogist. Sue currently fills the position of Corporate Compliance Officer and has relocated to Salt Lake City to take on the additional responsibilities of Western Area Regional Director and Manager of the Northern Utah Territory.
"The question is not what you look at, but what you see." | Henry David Thoreau | Journal, August 5, 1851