Art-Ed Musings
Notes from inside a creative life — part artist studio, part classroom, part inner terrain.
This space brings together reflections on making, teaching, and thinking with a Jungian lens, a neurodivergent slant, and a deep belief in art as a way to explore what’s real.
Some posts are practical, some personal. All are honest. All part of the bigger work.
The Sequence We Inherited
Inquiry asks you to begin without knowing where you are going, and situating a work hands the ending to a stranger. The sequence most of us were trained in cannot
When Students Cross a Threshold
When my DP2 students left on Saturday, I didn't feel sad. I felt something closer to joy because I could see what they had become. Not what they had made.
We have been teaching children to perform, not to think.
For thirty years I have watched art education mistake technical skill for creativity, and replication for thinking. This is the confusion that has held the whole field back, and it
Teaching from the Inside Out
On the boy who found his lost friends in a tent, the heart that sank at a flawless exhibition, and thirty years of undoing what my own art education taught
Uncertainty as a Learning Space
Yesterday our staff stepped into uncertainty through experiential learning, and something shifted. This musing reflects on how Creative Intelligence shows up across subjects, why “state before strategy” changes the quality
Rethinking Intelligence: From Cognition to Consciousness
As AI takes over cognition, we are being asked to rethink intelligence itself. This essay explores consciousness, collapse, and what it means to stay human now.
What People Don’t See: The Invisible Work of IB Visual Arts Teachers
In this musing, I speak directly to VA teachers everywhere to name the invisible complexity of our work, to acknowledge the uncertainty many are feeling as we navigate the new
When a School is Brave Enough to Lead with Creative Intelligence
This musing grew out of one workshop that truly inspired me - a day that reminded me why Creative Intelligence matters, and how powerful it is when educators step into
Turns Out My Brain is Fashionable Now.
Understanding my brain didn’t change who I am; it finally explained why I always felt out of place, and why the future seems oddly built for me.
When Young People Let Go of Control
This musing captures what happened when young people let go of control for the first time. Their marks revealed fear, memory, instinct, and identity in ways no test ever could.
Art, the Unconscious, and the Responsibility of the Artist-Teacher
In this Musing, I explore how art can become a dialogue with the unconscious, drawing on Jungian thought, Maria Konti’s research on response art, and my own practice as an
Consciousness Without Conscience
We are living in an age of immense consciousness but diminishing conscience. Our technologies expand faster than our capacity to feel, and the shadow we refuse to face is shaping
Hollow Men Suite: Robert Motherwell and the Language of Shapes
Robert Motherwell’s Hollow Men Suite #7 (1986) reveals how simple shapes act as characters in dialogue; asserting, resisting, and transforming through repetition. This Musing explores visual weighting, mark-making, and the
Speaking Out on IB Visual Arts Assessment
Visual Arts is one of the most demanding IB Diploma subjects, yet it continues to be marked more harshly than any other. With the 2027 guide now launched, the question
Creative Intelligence is Our Missing Link, And it’s Time to Reclaim it
Discover why creative intelligence - rooted in Jungian psychology and ignored by traditional education - is the key to thriving in uncertain times. This post explores how we can reclaim
From Euclid to Intuition
What happens when we stop controlling an artwork, and let it lead instead? This musing explores Frank Stella’s transition from Euclidean precision to intuitive gesture, and invites you to enter
Rethinking Creativity: Why It Matters in Business, Education, and Life
Rethinking creativity is vital. In this post, I explore why creativity matters in business, education, and life, and how we can reclaim it together.
