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•Create a tableau•Which symbolizes

•PEACE

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•C r e a t i v i t y•Source .. Resource .. Force

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Think / Discuss

•How Creative was your tableau?•If you were a facilitator to ‘your’ group – how you would have made the process more creative?

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•Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationery. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house.•Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story.•What would be your response

Situation?

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So how much creative you think you are?

So what is creativity?

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So, what is creativity?

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COLLECT•Collect symbols of peace – time 2 min.

• Meanings• Pictures • Clip arts and icons• Quotations• People, Names• Events• Movies• Stories, Poetry

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•The Raw material principle•The Variety Principle•The ‘Death by an Adjective’

principle•The Wait and Watch principle

COLLECT

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•Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house.•Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story.

• What kind of observations / raw material you can collect ?•What kind of observations / raw material you can get the child to collect?

Situation?

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Views•Draw a flower – DRAW A FLOWER•Draw the flower - as if to be given to a beloved•Draw the flower – as if part of a large flower show•Draw the flower – as if crushed by a shoe•Draw the flower – as if food for an insect•Draw the flower – as if decaying in a dustbin

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Point of Views

•Describe the flower•how a honeybee sitting on the flower will see it •how a cloud will see it•how a dew drop will see it•how an ant crawling on the stem below will see it

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ViewsPoint of Views Play with viewsPlay with point of views

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•Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house.•Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story.• How can you view this above differently?• From what different point of views can you see the above?• How can the child view this differently?•From what different point of views can the child see the above?

Situation?

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• Make a list of symbols /things that you can use to convey “peace”.• Take the material in number of 10-15• Using ONLY this medium and • NONE of the symbols you collected ☺•Design a symbol for PEACE

Symbol for Peace

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Constraints

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ConveyConstraintsCombineConstructRedoRedoRedo

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•Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house.•Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story.

• What kind of constraints can you put on yourself?• What kind of constraints can the child put on himself?

Situation?

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•Thinking Skill•Habit of Mind•Way to learn

C r e a t i v i t y

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•When one works from the premise of creativity one

becomes very accepting and that helps. We realise that

creativity is not just a visually appealing painting,

a pep piece of music, but something that is more

fundamental, more pervasive, daily, ….. A

thinking process, a way of life

C r e a t i v i t y

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•Genuine ignorance is... profitable •because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness;

•whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, cant terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.

C r e a t i v i t y

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•Your child has a new flashy eraser in his box. He claims his friend has given him. But you have been off-late seeing too many of these “gifts” in his bag/box lately. Also he has been pestering for all kinds of flashy stationary. He had also flicked something few days back from the neighbour’s house.•Looks like he isn’t telling you the ‘right’ story.

•Can we believe that the child is creative?• Creative enough to understand?• Creative enough to explore alternatives?• Creative enough to create his own wisdom?

Is this a Creativity Situation?

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C r e a t i v i t y

•Creativity is within us. •Creativity comes out with a constraint.•Creativity is manifested as JOY

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