Creativity as universal human trait

I have never agreed with people who say that we cannot learn or teach the creative arts.  since I believe that creativity is  part of every human experience, I cannot  support the idea that there are only a few creative  souls. We all have  the creative spark--the fact is that  our society does much to dampen our creative enthusiasm .  Sometimes teachers are guilty of  discouraging  students by telling them that they have no talents. To borrow a phrase  that Pope Francis has used in another context--WHO AM I TO JUDGE.
We all have talents --the job of teachers is to help  those who  are in their  classes to discover their  talents and nurture them.  Self-expression is not meant only for the best--it is  for everyone.  Remember in the New Testament  the story of the talents--Jesus speaks most against the  person who buries his talent in a field--That is the  only wrong thing to do with talent--to bury it and not use what you have been given.  by God or by Nature or just your unique DNA expressing itself.  You pick your belief --but it all adds up to the fact that you are the keeper of your talents.  USE THEM UP..

Better Late Than Never?

This blog has  languished for a long time. I am not sure  how to be honest  in a blog about creativity and aging --so many changes have  taken place in the past  two years.  I was aware that I was approaching a transition. I was expecting to retire from a position that I had held for 26 years.  But I had no sense  of how events would  unfold in the next few months and how those events would outstrip all of my expectations.

I wanted to make something of it. The idea behind that title is one of creativity.  I felt that I needed to see that I had in my life and experience all the material that I needed to write stories, poems, memoirs whatever.

But instead of writing, I got caught up in the vortex  of care giving, moving, and aging in a way that was never easy or predictable..