What does "being creative" mean to you?
I taught art to kids of all ages. Starting at 8:30 a.m.
with 6 year olds and ending the day with Advanced
Art students. We all start out "being creative" and
somehow it can become buried along the way if it
is not encouraged and nourished. Every kid I ever
taught was creative and it took many forms as they
grew up. We associate being creative with the visual
or performing arts but there are so many ways to be
creative, that is, being present in this world, alive to
all around us, curious and always asking "what if."
Would you like to introduce yourself?
I grew up in Macon, and come from a family of
storytellers. My neighborhood consisted of my
relatives; next door lived my grandmother and
granddaddy and around the corners were aunts,
uncles and many cousins. We lived in a safe
protected place, played outside every summer night
and caught a good number of lightning bugs. I
walked to school (Clisby), went to then Miller High
School and graduated from Mercer University.
I traveled in later years but wound up living 80 miles
from Macon, in Atlanta. It would seem I haven't gone
too far, but the world and its universal sensibilities
were in this small concentric circle.
Ginger Birdsey
2021 Fired Works Featured Artist
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