by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | Creativity, education, parenting, problem solving
The cockles of my heart were warmed this week when I read a great article in the Melbourne Weekly Eastern Magazine about the lovely 21 year old Elizabeth Bowtell who recently completed a diploma of design technology at RMIT. It was the second paragraph that made my...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | Creativity, talking about art
Art is all around us, I’ve said this many times. It is a great exercise to talk to children about the art they see – that does not only mean visits to the gallery – but artwork for sale in shops, sculptures, street art, garden sculptures, art in...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | business thinking, Creativity
Imagine my excitement when I opened the January-February Top 1,000 issue of Australia’s Business Review Weekly to see an article on Australia’s lack lustre innovation quotient. Excitement…Nicky, you may ask, this is not a good article… Well...
by Nicky Tillyer | Feb 2012 | Creativity, drawing, positive thinking
I was inspired by a newsletter I received from Scout Wilkins a gorgeous soul who’s web statement reads “embark on your grandest adventure, clear the doubt & follow your heart”…what a message! The title of the newsletter was “The...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | brain development, Creativity, right brain, Uncategorized
Once upon a time it was considered that our beautiful brains operated in halves, or hemispheres. To break it down to it’s simplest form – the left is predominantly the rational, analytic, logical, detail loving side. The Right non-linear and instinctive...
by Nicky Tillyer | Jan 2012 | Creativity, thinking
Here is a small presentation I made to give you the quick and dirty on being creative and the benefits of living an artful life. The importance to children’s development and as they become well rounded adults able to adapt and change their thinking to the many...
