Tag Archives: Art
Can Creative Writing Be Taught?
The Guardian’s article mentioned couple weeks ago, came with an interesting and thought-provoking question. Here is Gillian Holding’s take/opinion on the same article. Can Creative Writing Be Taught? Posted on 27 May 2011 by gillianholding Learning why Art cannot be Taught Catching up on some reading yesterday, I came across an interesting item published in the Guardian a couple of weeks ago about whether you can teach creative writing. Unsurprisingly, it prompted mixed views. But I found it of interest because over the last few years I have found myself wondering about precisely that question in relation to art. Of course, if you think of creative writing or art as simply the outcome of a process …
Can you teach creative writing?
An interesting question. Can we really be taught how to write creatively? Or is it something we are born with but have to work hard on? The Guardian has a good article with multiple point of views of many well known writers about creativity, and if it can be thought to people. Here is a part of it: The last decade has seen a huge expansion in creative writing courses. More than 90 British universities now offer a range of postgraduate degrees, and around 10,000 short creative writing courses or classes are on offer in the UK each year. But, 40 years on and amid all this clamour to master the …
Random Quotes – 11
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. – Albert Einstein My mother loved children – she would have given anything if I had been one. – Groucho Marx I have learned that every man lives not through care of himself, but by love. – Leo Tolstoy If you want to know how much I love and care for you, count the waves. – Lucille Ball No Bird soars …