Sir Ken Robinson
British author, speaker and international advisor on education in the arts to government, non-profits, education and arts bodies.
''The real driver of creativity is an appetite for discovery and a passion for the work itself. When students are motivated to learn, they naturally acquire the skills they need to get the work done. Their mastery of them grows as their creative ambitions expand. You’ll find evidence of this process in great teaching in every discipline from football to chemistry.’'
This quote by the late Sir Ken Robinson really resonates with me. He was at the forefront of change in the way we perceive the creative arts especially within the education system. His TED talk “Do schools kill creativity?’ is still the most watched conference talk. His humorous but also moving plea to nurture rather than undermine creativity in schools.
Everyone has the ability to be creative. Not only did he believe that education systems here and worldwide stop the creative process within children but the system actively discourages it.
I personally believe we all have the ability to be good at art , good at drawing, it really is as simple as just giving it a go, but we can only learn through massive mistakes and be able to not see mistakes as bad but as a part of the creative process.
Over time skills become better and the learning becomes easier. You then can start to cast a critical eye over what you do as the artist because your skills have become finely tuned over a period of years of mistakes/learning.
To become good or skilled within the creative process, mistakes/learning mishaps, trial and error, play, is essential to the beginning of a unique and creative journey. Not only is it unique to you but it will be unique to the world as a whole.