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From the Stars , Digital Media Copyright Rush Gravelle. I have a video for my poured paint project all ready to go. iMovie is not cooperating with me to get it published. So, onto Plan B! Top Two Popular Prints The top two most visited prints to my online print store are: 1. From the Stars, digital media, copyright Mary Rush Gravelle. This piece combines two photographs in varying amounts of transparencies to merge the two. 2. Order in the Chaos, digital media, copyright Mary Rush Gravelle. This image began as a photograph. I added transparent shapes and drew a border. The final touch was adding the rose. Order in the Chaos , Digital Media Copyright Mary Rush Gravelle. Until Next Week  • Create art • Appreciate art • Buy art I would love to hear your comments on this article, please leave one if you feel inspired. My goofy self with my painting in process. Mary Rush Gravelle About the author: Mary Rush Gravelle is an artist who resides in Sed

Creativity Must Hold a Place in the Core Curriculum in our Schools

I have had a burning passion for creativity since 1992, when I discovered my own creativity deep inside me. It saddens me when I think of how creativity is devalued in our education system. It is creativity that is capable of rendering us human. The current education system values the mechanistic over the humanistic. I share with you today a video that I just watched. It will help confirm this theory and help us rethink our education system to include creativity in our core curriculum. Enjoy! Please your comments and opinions on this blog so we can start a conversation on this issue. Ken Robinson on how schools kill creativity: