Walt Disney and Salvador Dali – artists, friends, and co-creators. I find this fascinating! They met at a dinner party in the 40’s. Dali admired Disney’s animation work and called him a surrealist. They imagined a film together, where Dali would provide the art, and Disney studios would provide the animation. Of their collaboration, Dalí said […]

The title of the email I received from a student today said “Watercolor.”       Oooo, fun – I opened it right away!  This was the message inside: Elaine,I want to share with you what I have been doing with my watercolor lessons.  Of course it is food coloring!             […]

Although I’m not a “Therapist,” in my many years of teaching I’ve witnessed so many examples of souls laid bare from just making some art. Students will walk in the door burdened by their life circumstances, but once they are busily painting, sculpting, drawing or whatever we’re doing that day, they are smiling and the […]

Makers are collectors. We look at things and imagine what they could be. I have boxes full of “stuff to use creatively somewhere someday.”                                          So when I saw the work of South Carolina-based upcycling artist […]

   Origami, the art of paper folding, was a favorite activity for my boys when they were young. We’d pour over the instructions and follow each step to intricately fold until we had a frog or bird or amazing airplane in our hands. I love paper art (a respectable collection of pop-up books is a testament to […]

Neuroscientists are studying exactly how our brain allows us to be creative – and this is a field that fascinates me! There’s still so much to learn, but one thing that has become clear is that creativity is a process and that it doesn’t originate in only one place in the brain. Antonio Damasio, a […]