“Creativity is not a subject. It's an approach... It's the ability to step back and look at possibility. The ability to not be entrenched in a fixed mindset, the ability to listen and take in multiple perspectives.”

- Dr. Cam

Reading from (or based on!) the episode

E2. Ways to leverage
your education.

Feat. Dr. Cam McComb

Hafsah and Yen talk to Dr. Cam McComb, Associate Professor of Visual Art Education at Eastern Michigan University, about the continued path of learning, regardless of where or how you do it. Dr. Cam talks to us about what her students think that becoming an art teacher means and what it actually entails. She offers insight on what "creative" means and how it's flexible with possibility for reshaping and growth. And she blows our minds when she tells us that "perfectionism is a learning disability".

Tactics From this Episode

Tactics are takeaways that a listener can do based on what we’ve discussed in an episode.

Tactic #1 - Ask yourself: Are you continually learning and challenging yourself?

Tactic #2 - Have you set yourself up for labor versus leisure time? Can you find the bandwidth to offload and relax/rejuvenate?

Tactic #3 - Don't beat yourself up for little things--OR big things. Creative life can be scary. What matters is that you do a little each day, incremental growth is still growth.

Homework

Homework is a way to help you apply what you’ve learned in each episode to your real world practice.

Homework #1 - What is something that you can learn in the next 7 days that will enhance your creative life? Even if it's just getting really good at one function in Adobe Illustrator or learning how to crochet.

Homework #2 - Whether you're list maker or procrastinator, try a to-do list that only has 3 items on it daily, for one week. It should be approachable, fairly urgent, and feel good when you get it done.