Directions of Growth: Methods of DesignDirections of Growth: Methods of Design

Roxanne R. Reed John J. Cimino, Roxanne R. Reed John J. Cimino, Jr.Jr.

Care of the Self Who Teaches,

Creating a Learning Community

Care of the Self Who Teaches,

Creating a Learning Community

Seeding Foundational Concepts

in Interdisciplinary and Arts-Based

Teaching & Learning

Seeding Foundational Concepts

in Interdisciplinary and Arts-Based

Teaching & Learning

Artful ExperimentationIn Course Design and Facilitation

Artful ExperimentationIn Course Design and Facilitation

Immersion in the Disciplines and

Mind Processes of the Arts:Nurturing Fluency,

Intuition & Imagination

Immersion in the Disciplines and

Mind Processes of the Arts:Nurturing Fluency,

Intuition & Imagination

Priddy Fellows IIPriddy Fellows IICatalyzingCatalyzing

the Arts Advantage the Arts Advantage within anwithin an

Architectural ProcessArchitectural Process

Priddy Fellows IIPriddy Fellows IICatalyzingCatalyzing

the Arts Advantage the Arts Advantage within anwithin an

Architectural ProcessArchitectural Process

The Da Vinci “Node”The Da Vinci “Node”

."All our knowledge has its origins in our ."All our knowledge has its origins in our perception." perception."

"Everything is connected to everything "Everything is connected to everything else."else."

Leonardo Da Leonardo Da VinciVinci

PerceptionPerception

The IllusionistThe Illusionist Learning the world with this most Learning the world with this most

excellent tricksterexcellent trickster Experiencing it for ourselves, feeling Experiencing it for ourselves, feeling

and knowing it in our own bodiesand knowing it in our own bodies ReflectionReflection

Corsons InletCorsons InletA. R. AmmonsA. R. Ammons

A readingA reading

“Waking up to the enormity of the challenge and to the adequacy of our own generativity and genius, if we can but listen to and honor the calling moment by moment. Teaching is nothing less than the inner work of a lifetime, a love affair with life itself, both beyond subject and intimate with subject. Authentic teaching has to be an ongoing relational process, a process of exquisite and wide ranging attention refining teacher and student – the student in the teacher and the teacher in the student – in the flames of solitary and collective inquiry and in courageous commitment to seeing, knowing, sharing and belonging, in a word, to truth.”

Jon Kabat-Zinn

The Call

Come, my way, my truth, my lifeSuch a way as gives us breathSuch a truth as mends all strifeSuch a life as killeth death.

Come, my light, my feast, my strengthSuch a light as shows a feastSuch a feast as mends in lengthSuch a strength as makes his guest.

Come, my joy, my love, my heartSuch a joy as none can moveSuch a love as none can partSuch a heart as joys in love.

George Herbert (text)R. Vaugn Williams (music)

The Call

The Courage To TeachThe Courage To Teach

What is your own nature as a teacher?What is your own nature as a teacher? What are your special gifts and preferred techniques?What are your special gifts and preferred techniques? Listening in to the conversation with our “inner teacher”: Listening in to the conversation with our “inner teacher”:

what’s going on? what’s going on? Befriending ourselves…Befriending ourselves… Owning our fears: our own, our students’?Owning our fears: our own, our students’? Generativity, honesty and staying in the game…Generativity, honesty and staying in the game… Paradoxes: the tensions, the rewards, the strategies?Paradoxes: the tensions, the rewards, the strategies? Shifting levels, opening to something larger, love and Shifting levels, opening to something larger, love and

suffering…suffering… Living the questions and contradictions, living everything…Living the questions and contradictions, living everything…

Ideas, Beliefs and IntegritiesIdeas, Beliefs and Integrities

Ideas: Ideas: concepts and notions which we use and, concepts and notions which we use and, for the most part, also understand, in daily life.for the most part, also understand, in daily life.

Ideas Ideas →→ Beliefs Beliefs IntegritiesIntegrities

Ideas: Ideas: concepts and notions which we use and, concepts and notions which we use and, for the most part, also understand, in daily life.for the most part, also understand, in daily life.

Beliefs:Beliefs: ideas we hold close to us and declare ideas we hold close to us and declare to be true and important.to be true and important.

Ideas Ideas →→ Beliefs Beliefs →→ Integrities Integrities

Ideas: Ideas: concepts and notions which we use and, concepts and notions which we use and, for the most part, also understand, in daily life.for the most part, also understand, in daily life.

Beliefs:Beliefs: ideas we hold close to us and declare ideas we hold close to us and declare to be true and important.to be true and important.

Integrities:Integrities: ideas we hold so close to us, we ideas we hold so close to us, we are no longer consciously aware of them. They are no longer consciously aware of them. They have become part of us. They have become part of us. They areare who we are. who we are.

They are our integrities.They are our integrities.

Ideas Ideas →→ Beliefs Beliefs →→ Integrities Integrities

Ideas:Ideas: concepts and notions which we use and, concepts and notions which we use and, for the most part, also understand, in daily life.for the most part, also understand, in daily life.

Beliefs:Beliefs: ideas we hold close to us and declare ideas we hold close to us and declare to be true and important.to be true and important.

Integrities:Integrities: ideas we hold so close to us, we ideas we hold so close to us, we are no longer consciously aware of them. They are no longer consciously aware of them. They have become part of us. They have become part of us. They areare who we are. who we are. They are our integrities.They are our integrities.

Our personal growth is a movement toward integrity.Our personal growth is a movement toward integrity.We live, and only truly live, through our integrities.We live, and only truly live, through our integrities.

Ideas, Beliefs and IntegritiesIdeas, Beliefs and Integrities

““Faith is much better than belief. Belief is Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.when someone else does the thinking.””

““Dare to be naive.”Dare to be naive.”

R. Buckminster FullerR. Buckminster Fuller

Ideas, Beliefs and IntegritiesIdeas, Beliefs and Integrities

““When I'm working on a problem, I never When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.”

““Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.”want to step out of it.”

R. Buckminster FullerR. Buckminster Fuller

Ideas, Beliefs and IntegritiesIdeas, Beliefs and Integrities

A lot of people think or believe or know they feel A lot of people think or believe or know they feel ((experienceexperience) -- but that's thinking or believing or knowing; ) -- but that's thinking or believing or knowing; not feeling (not feeling (experiencingexperiencing). Almost anybody can learn to ). Almost anybody can learn to think or believe or know, but not a single human being can think or believe or know, but not a single human being can be taught to feel (be taught to feel (experienceexperience). Why? Because whenever ). Why? Because whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel (people: but the moment you feel (experienceexperience), you're ), you're nobody-but-yourself. To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world nobody-but-yourself. To be nobody-but-yourself -- in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

R. Buckminster FullerR. Buckminster Fuller

Ideas, Beliefs and IntegritiesIdeas, Beliefs and Integrities

““Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's For example, there are no solids in the universe. There's not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute not even a suggestion of a solid. There are no absolute continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight continuums. There are no surfaces. There are no straight lines.”lines.”

““We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of We should stop kidding ourselves. We should let go of things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth.“things that aren't true. It's always better with the truth.“

R. Buckminster FullerR. Buckminster Fuller

Architecture QuizArchitecture Quiz

AnswersAnswers Ludwig Mies van der RoheLudwig Mies van der Rohe Le CorbusierLe Corbusier Robert VenturiRobert Venturi Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright Johann Wolgang von GoetheJohann Wolgang von Goethe Gustave Eiffel Gustave Eiffel (?)(?)

Raising the BarRaising the Bar Lowering the RodLowering the Rod

An Activity

When art works, play’s the thingWhen art works, play’s the thing

Serious play, deep playSerious play, deep play Learning by SurpriseLearning by Surprise Indirect TransferIndirect Transfer Peripheral LearningPeripheral Learning What we learn when we think we’re learning What we learn when we think we’re learning

about something else or not learning at all…about something else or not learning at all…

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the object it loves.the object it loves.

Carl JungCarl Jung

Life is the game that must be played…Life is the game that must be played…Edwin Arlington Robinson, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Ballade by the Fire”Ballade by the Fire”

Thought Paths: A ReviewThought Paths: A Review

Sequence mattersSequence matters LogicLogic LayersLayers LensesLenses Fireworks Fireworks Thought path legaciesThought path legacies Inducing Multiple pathsInducing Multiple paths

Exploration by induction: Exploration by induction: What common element or What common element or explanatory principle underlies all the items below?explanatory principle underlies all the items below?

““What I Tell You Two Times Is True” John J. Cimino, Jr.What I Tell You Two Times Is True” John J. Cimino, Jr.

Metaphor

What I Say Two Times Is True

Principle of Complementarity

Binocular Vision

Consilience“jumping together”

Janus

Creative Juxtaposition

Double Description

Interdisciplinarity

?

Exploration by induction: Exploration by induction: What common element or What common element or explanatory principle underlies all the items below?explanatory principle underlies all the items below?

““What I Tell You Two Times Is True” John J. Cimino, Jr.What I Tell You Two Times Is True” John J. Cimino, Jr.

Metaphor

What I Say Two Times Is True

Principle of Complementarity

Binocular Vision

Consilience“jumping together”

Janus

Creative Juxtaposition

Double Description

interdisciplinarity

Synergy (the Integrative

Imperative)

The Mind Processes of the Arts

Elliott Eisner

The Aesthetic Competencies of Leadership

Center for Creative

Leadership

Aims and Objectives of

Arts Education

Elliott Eisner

Human Universals

Creative Leaps

International

Habits of

Mind

Costa and Kallick (ASCD)

1. Which arts-based mental processes do you identify with most? Which processes do you consider among your strengths?

2. Which other processes, not currently particular strengths for you, would you most wish to develop further?

3. Which processes do you feel are most essential or most advantageous in your particular field, i.e., most valuable for your students to develop?

Research: Mental Processes and the Arts

Mind Processes of the Arts

Qualitative relationships in the absence of rules Acting flexibly with purpose to approach a goal Learning to explore possibilities within a medium Using imagination to see multiple perspectives Learning to pay attention to nuance Surrendering to processes rather than leading Learning to use language figuratively Creating emotionally what cannot be expressed literally The qualitative features of the arts and the world

Eliot Eisner

Creative Competencies of Leadership

Noticing – slowing down, taking in more Subtle representation – eye for detail & relationship Fluid perspective - attuned to multiple points of view Using R-mode – non-verbal, intuitive processing Personalizing work – arts interests spill into work Skeptical inquiry – preserving the questions Serious play – learning and exploring without rules Portraying paradoxes, conflicts, unknown – mystery Facility with metaphor – generative thinking Making shared meanings - engaging creative tensions

Center for Creative Leadership

Arts-Based Human Universals

Engaging emotion as an integrator of deep learning Capacity for “peripheral” learning, valuing periphery Translating the universal as personal – seeing the personal

in the universal Working with multiple levels of meaning, different frames of

reference and other logics Creating affirmative thinking environments where

something different feels possible: “learning fields” Composing and transmitting “life” – a sense of self-

authorship, recognizing we transmit who we are

Creative Leaps International

To Think As Nature ThinksTo Think As Nature Thinks

Revisiting Corsons Inlet Revisiting Corsons Inlet by A. R. Ammonsby A. R. Ammons

• Life Processes, Connectivity and Change in NatureLife Processes, Connectivity and Change in Nature• Human Perception and Mind ProcessesHuman Perception and Mind Processes• Order, Disorder and Design in Nature Order, Disorder and Design in Nature • Human Design, Vision and ArchitectureHuman Design, Vision and Architecture• Still around the looser, wider forces work…Still around the looser, wider forces work…

Mind and Nature: A Necessary UnityMind and Nature: A Necessary Unity by Gregory Bateson by Gregory Bateson Steps to an Ecology of MindSteps to an Ecology of Mind by Gregory Bateson by Gregory Bateson

Ideas and IntegritiesIdeas and Integrities

To understand the great complexity of life, To understand the great complexity of life, to understand what the universe is doing, to understand what the universe is doing, the first word to learn is synergy. the first word to learn is synergy. Synergy is the behavior of whole systems, unpredicted by Synergy is the behavior of whole systems, unpredicted by the behavior of their parts. the behavior of their parts. Synergy holds our whole universe together. Synergy holds our whole universe together.

Unity is plural and at minimum two.Unity is plural and at minimum two.

R. Buckminster FullerR. Buckminster Fuller

Design AssignmentDesign Assignment Design a module of instruction from core content in your field (or from your Design a module of instruction from core content in your field (or from your

envisioned new course material) enriched with interdisciplinary design elements and envisioned new course material) enriched with interdisciplinary design elements and multiple, arts-based approaches to teaching and learning. Give free reign your multiple, arts-based approaches to teaching and learning. Give free reign your creative intuitions, experiment at the boundaries of your comfort zones, and creative intuitions, experiment at the boundaries of your comfort zones, and generate at least two iterations of your design reflecting alternate thought paths generate at least two iterations of your design reflecting alternate thought paths through your content. through your content.

Keep in mind a few of our basic design principles: “double description”; metaphors as Keep in mind a few of our basic design principles: “double description”; metaphors as bridges to new imagery and new thought paths; intersections of disciplines and bridges to new imagery and new thought paths; intersections of disciplines and cultures as hot spots for new thinking; arts experiences to engage emotion, cultures as hot spots for new thinking; arts experiences to engage emotion, imagination and the senses; be mindful of perception’s physiological thresholds for imagination and the senses; be mindful of perception’s physiological thresholds for change – try to embed an aspect of the learning in the body’s own systems; optimize change – try to embed an aspect of the learning in the body’s own systems; optimize your strategy - use multiple metaphors/descriptions to trigger “depth” perspectives your strategy - use multiple metaphors/descriptions to trigger “depth” perspectives and a 3-D mental gestalt. and a 3-D mental gestalt.

When you’ve completed a first draft, look for the resonances in your design, the When you’ve completed a first draft, look for the resonances in your design, the thematic elements that recur at different levels and different scales (like architectural thematic elements that recur at different levels and different scales (like architectural design elements). Decide if your design is “beautiful” and satisfying to your own design elements). Decide if your design is “beautiful” and satisfying to your own inner teacher. (see quote by Bucky Fuller below) Are you playing to your authentic inner teacher. (see quote by Bucky Fuller below) Are you playing to your authentic teaching strengths, your true identity and integrity as a teacher? teaching strengths, your true identity and integrity as a teacher?

Lastly, check in with your personalized list of essential arts-based mental processes. Lastly, check in with your personalized list of essential arts-based mental processes. Are at least a few of these key thought processes sufficiently embedded in the Are at least a few of these key thought processes sufficiently embedded in the experience you’ve designed? Does it ring true as “deeply significant learning”? experience you’ve designed? Does it ring true as “deeply significant learning”?

Unless the eye catch fireUnless the eye catch firethe god will not be seen.the god will not be seen.

Unless the ear catch fireUnless the ear catch firethe god will not be heard.the god will not be heard.

Unless the tongue catch fireUnless the tongue catch firethe god will not be named.the god will not be named.

Unless the heart catch fireUnless the heart catch firethe god will not be loved.the god will not be loved.

Unless the mind catch fireUnless the mind catch firethe god will not be known.the god will not be known.

Alternate AssignmentsAlternate Assignments Use an art form to animate, deepen or broaden the Use an art form to animate, deepen or broaden the

exploration of a key idea in your specialty.exploration of a key idea in your specialty.

Choose a metaphor to illustrate or expand the essence of Choose a metaphor to illustrate or expand the essence of an idea from your specialty. Do it again with two other an idea from your specialty. Do it again with two other metaphors until you are satisfied (improvise a multi-metaphors until you are satisfied (improvise a multi-dimensional gestalt).dimensional gestalt).

Analyze the “Concert of Ideas” by Creative LeapsAnalyze the “Concert of Ideas” by Creative Leaps• Thought path analysisThought path analysis• Analysis for resonances in designAnalysis for resonances in design• Catalogue Arts-based mental processesCatalogue Arts-based mental processes• Describe the art forms and modalities of communicationDescribe the art forms and modalities of communication• Engagement and Idea ContentEngagement and Idea Content

In our world, the arts are no longer some parallel experience you have along the way, but rather a powerful source of insight and transformation feeding directly into the thinking, feeling and acting of daily life – full of possibility, truth and optimism.

In our world, music is never just music. It is revolutionary. It is the sound of ideas.

John J. Cimino, Jr. Creative Leaps International

Ideas and Integrities