Evolutionary Learning & Creativity “Evolutionary learning calls upon our creative potentials as it empowers us to envision images of the future and bring those images to life by design.” Bela H. Banathy

Evolutionary Creative Thinking Involves the BIG m-o-v-i-n-g Picture! “I am the universe writing about myself.” Peter Merry

“Learning to listen to and harmonize with the patterns of change of our environments, remembering how to be curiously and playfully engaged in a lifelong creative inquiry, reconnecting to practices that honor all our relations, are some examples of the manifestation of a systemic competence that goes beyond thinking.” Kathia Laszlo (2012)

“Systems willing involves embracing the responsibility (and opportunity) of creating what could be. This is accomplished through systems design – a disciplined and collaborative future creating inquiry.” Kathia Laszlo (2012)

“Creativity is the evolutionary impulse in the Universe.” Deepak Chopra

“ Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few.” Sir Ken Robinson

“Creativity pervades human life. It is the mark of individuality. The vehicle of self-expression. The engine of progress in every human endeavor.” Elliot Samuel Paul

The uninspired definition of creativity currently in the dictionary: … the quality of being creative or the ability to create It’s time to RE-DEFINE the construct of CREATIVITY in evolutionary terms!

“Creativity means absolute freedom! It is all about letting your mind swim in the oceans of what is possible.” “Creativity is making mistakes and finding something beautiful in them. It’s not about inventing the next gadget, or being the next fashion guru, but about seeing yourself as a leader of your imagination.” “Creativity is the act of solving problems, expressing one’s self and transforming one’s life in unique and meaningful ways.” “The process through which life improves upon and expresses itself, whether it be in molecular chemistry, biological diversity or behavior, or in human thought and expression.”

What does the word CREATIVITY mean to you?

“Creativity is our human capacity to imagine and express new possibilities. ” Marta Davidovich Ockuly “Creativity is the greatest rebellion in existence.” Osho

CREATIVE POTENTIAL Express it!

Let’s keep this conversation going! M arta Davidovich Ockuly Creativity Educator, Catalyst & Coach With special thanks to Dr. Kathia Laszlo for her inspired leadership of Saybrook’s Project X: Evolutionary Leadership for Sustainability Course Copyright 2013 Marta Davidovich Ockuly