Chapter 3
Who stole your imagination?
How to embrace your creative potential
‘The chief enemy of creativity is “good” sense.’
Pablo Picasso
Maisy was six years old and a little shy. She always slipped into the seat at the back of the class. This morning was different. It was a drawing lesson, and Maisy was hunched over her work. She stuck her tongue out of the side of her mouth as she scribbled furiously. Fascinated to understand what was happening, her teacher strode up the aisle between the desks to face Maisy. ‘What are you drawing?’, she asked. Maisy replied: ‘I’m drawing a picture of heaven.’ The teacher smiled indulgently, and countered: ‘But, nobody knows what heaven looks like.’ Not bothering to look up, Maisy quietly retorted: ‘They ...
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