We spent a good bit of time in our first two weeks of class talking about what teachers can do to establish learning environments that are conducive to creativity. Teachers must make sure that students feel psychologically safe enough to express their thoughts, otherwise the potentially creative ideas are stifled.
When I heard the term "idea murderer" in class and thought about it in the context of this creative skill blog, I instantly thought of my wife. I love her, but when I'm playing my guitar she's the Son of Sam and my musical ideas are like helpless women walking the back alleys of New York at night in the Summer of '76. She's a well-trained musician, and I think she expects my creative ideas to be more advanced than the chopsticks-sounding stuff that comes out of my guitar when I try to create.
So I've got a new practice schedule... Monday nights when she's off at class!
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