Recently retired Colorado College professor of Creativity and poet, Jane Hilberry is a master teacher, a kind listener and an out-of-the-box thinker. We have a beautiful, challenging, life-affirming conversation about creativity -- What it is, How to teach it, Where it's found -- in schools, in one-on-one dialogue (conversation is improv!) and in relationships -- including the relationships we have with ourselves.
We also talk about each person’s essential essence (core beauty), and the benefits of art-making for mental health plus a healthier shared world.
Listen to it a few times over!
Show Notes:
Book: "Inciting Joy," by Ross Gay - Chapter 11, Dispatch from the Ruins (on education)
Book: "The Creative Act: A Way of Being," by Rick Rubin
David Brooks video interview (on listening to/seeing others), re: his book, "How to Know a Person"
Book: "The Trickster’s Hat," by Nick Bantock
Japanese TV Show: “Old Enough”
Amy Poehler's MasterClass: "Prepare to Be Unprepared" (about Improv)
Exponential Impact Pitch Night
Recorded June 19, 2024 at Studio21c with Jane Hilberry and Heila Rogers