The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: creativity

  • Imagination is a key to unlocking a higher level of thought.

    Bird Droppings November 13, 2025Imagination is a key to unlocking a higher level of thought. Over the years, I have visited many places and met numerous people. In 1973, I was living in Macon, Georgia, and had the great privilege to meet Bill and Gerald Harjo. Gerald was in school at Mercer University finishing his…

  • Teaching as improvisational art using learning as the palette

    Bird Droppings August 28, 2025 Teaching as improvisational art using learning as the palette I wrote the basics of this article nearly sixteen years ago and thought of an artist friend, now a computer programmer, trying to define her art and searching for her meaning in life. My friend often reflected on her political views…

  • Are we missing Creativity?

    Bird Droppings June 6, 2025Are we missing Creativity? Today was another quiet morning; as I wandered out and about, birds hiding from view were already calling—the crickets and frogs, as always, a beautiful chorus for the morning awakening. Yesterday, several tree frogs visited our back porch, hiding under pots and a baseball cap. The air…

  • Selecting your pallet

    Bird Droppings January 15, 2025Selecting your pallet I wrote the basics of this article nearly twenty years ago and was thinking of an artist friend trying to define her art and searching for her meaning in life. My friend often reflects her political views and emotions through her art. As I sat here this morning…