During our Principles of iMedia class yesterday, Gabriela asked us to think about our best teacher ever. It didn't necessarily have to a person but could be something else... Hmmm my best teacher ever. Where do you start with something like this? I think there have been many people and events that have guided me towards the path I am on now. At the moment I can think of three distinct people who have influenced and encouraged my creativity throughout my life. The first two people are family members - my mother and one of my brothers. From a very young age, I can remember having reams of paper in our house that a neighbour in the printing business gave us. I have so many memories of painting and drawing at the dining room and we were never repremanded for making a mess. First of all we always knew we had to clean up and the mess was never intentional, it was more of a by product of our creativity. Sure the paint was water based anyway! But secondly, my mother always encouraged our creativity whether it was painting, drawing, paper mache, music or bun making!
The other family member that really encouraged me to be creative was one of my older brothers. Being the youngest and the only girl can have many advantages (as well as disadvantages too!) but he really taught me a lot and more importantly, he taught me in a really fun and enjoyable way. Lego featured very strongly in our playtime and really helped me to start thinking in 3D and being creative in a different form.
I did not start to think about using my creativity for anything bar fun until towards the end of secondary school. I had assumed that I would study business or marketing at college but it was with the encouragement of my secondary school art teacher that I realized that I wanted to do something that involved using my imagination.
For me, the people that I would say have been my 'best teachers' are the ones that have offered encouragement, gave me confidence in my endeavors, helped me find the fun in learning and inspired me with own creativity in their lives.
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