Cotton Kitten Cloud – © Vik Muniz

I think it is important to look to the future for the things that might change the world. One of those things is our educational institution, which currently stifles creativity.

As mentioned in this video, I believe that we are all created with creative abilities. We all start out with a playful and creative mind and then the powers that be seem to pull us away from our playful beginnings.

To me, play is the most creative thing there is. Play allows us to explore and to innovate and make things and pretend. When we play we are being creative. I believe that play has the potential to bring out the best in us. Play opens the door to discovery and invention. Playful creativity can be the catalyst for new ideas and new ways of seeing that can change our world and make us better. I see creativity is a form of communication and a language. I believe that creativity is as important as literacy!

Here in the following video, is a wonderful talk by Vik Muniz about creativity.

There is a wonderful conference that takes place several times a year called TED.

“TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences the TED Conference in Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh UK each summer TED includes the awardwinning TEDTalks video site, the Open Translation Project and Open TV Project, the inspiring TED Fellows and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.

…TED is … thought of as a global community. It’s a community welcoming people from every discipline and culture who have just two things in common: they seek a deeper understanding of the world, and they hope to turn that understanding into a better future for us all.”

You can read about my book “Rethinking Digital Photography” here.

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