Creative Collaboration
Collaboration is a skill. Like other forms of creativity it is essential to our growth and survival as humans. What is beautiful about...
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- Nov 3, 2022
- 2 min
Arts Education for All
While you may not live in California, a fact like this should hold pause for all: a recent study discovered that only 11% of California...
- Jun 2, 2022
- 2 min
Art > Paper
Art is so much greater than paper or even the visual arts. Most adults know this logically and yet many of us can still fall into the...
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
Texture of Tenacious
We each come into this world with a natural tenacity. As babies and children, we voraciously consume the world and our experience of it...
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min
Colorful Imagination
The transformative power of the Elements of heART program— and really any learning opportunity— lies not only the principles it's based...
- Apr 21, 2022
- 2 min
Earth Day Art
For as long as I can remember, I've been drawn to the idea of creative reuse. My mom likes to remind me that I was "up-cycling clothes...
- Apr 6, 2022
- 2 min
Linear Attention
When I first set out to add 'teaching art' to my list of freelance business activities, I had no idea that I would go on to design an...
- Mar 24, 2022
- 1 min
Creativity and Character
Creativity— and specifically a commitment to the practice of developing it— is the most powerful tool for human development. Uncovering...
- Mar 17, 2022
- 2 min
The (Play) Blended Curriculum
Children play like it’s their job because it is. Once in school, there are so many foundational skills they must acquire just to be ready...
- Mar 2, 2022
- 3 min
Learning Adventures
For true learning to take place, it has to be meaningful, motivating and relevant. The material presented needs to fall into the...
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
Beautiful Oops
There's a kids book by Barney Saltzberg called Beautiful Oops and it's a game changer for art teachers or parents who want to instill the...
- Feb 18, 2022
- 2 min
Social-Emotional Learning Through Art
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which people (of all ages) develop the fundamental skills for effective...
- Feb 10, 2022
- 3 min
Elements of HeART
Every person is an artist at heart. When we broaden our definition of art to encompass creating an expression of beauty or a moment of...
- Jan 28, 2022
- 2 min
ART= Arrange Reality Tastefully
My mission here at the Center for Conscious Creative Change is to inspire and empower you to connect to your creativity and to understand...
- Jan 21, 2022
- 1 min
Creative Callings
Our dreams are a calling on our spirits to fulfill a unique purpose. Sometimes they whisper, sometimes they scream, sometimes they do...
- Oct 19, 2021
- 3 min
Creative Rotation
Humans are multi-faceted creatures. We are incredibly complex, unique, and yet we are also stunningly similar and simple. Yup, we're...
- Oct 14, 2021
- 4 min
Intuition: 5 Steps for Inviting It
What is your relationship to intuition? The process of developing intuition is about honing our receptivity to internal wisdom while...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 3 min
Where You Are
Have you ever wanted something so bad that you would have done almost anything to obtain it? On some level, we all know this feeling...
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
What is Wonder?
If you've spent much time around children, it's easy to see that their experience of the world is often wonder. Curiosity and questions...
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
A New Social Contract
Social contracts shape our lives in profound ways. From the daily norms and expectations of behavior to laws and regulations, social...