The Creativity for All Podcast is a bi-monthly show designed to explore creativity in all its forms and hosted by Caroline Jestaz, a fiction writer, language teacher and writing mentor, who believes that we are all born with the potential to be creative and that potential is most of the time unrecognised, untapped and unvalued.

With The Creativity for All Podcast, Caroline is keen to explore creativity in all its forms, to debunk many myths about creativity – such as being for the chosen few, unreachable, expensive and painful, to show that creativity is for everyone and is accessible and to create a vibrant and inspiring community of like-minded people from all over the world.

The Creativity for All podcast is for everyone, whether you consider yourself a creative person or not. And if you think you cannot be creative, Caroline would like to change your mind about that!

So join her, every other Monday, as she explores and celebrates the many forms of day-to-day creativity, either focusing on a key topic in her solo episodes or interviewing, in her guest episodes, all manner of creative people, who share their take on creativity and what being creative means to them.

Mention the word ‘creativity’ and you will very likely be faced with perplexed or sceptical stares. To many it seems elusive, mysterious even, and is therefore completely outside their reach. To some, it's an illusion, a myth. And, on the whole, creative people are seen as established artists with a fertile imagination, finely-honed skills and a boundless capacity for self-torture. With such a take on the subject, one cannot be blamed for dismissing creativity entirely!

I believe that creativity can be found in everyday life and doesn’t require external validation, that being creative is fun and good for us and helps us connect with one another on a deep, personal level.

I believe that we are all born with the potential to be creative and that potential is most of the time unrecognised, untapped and unvalued.

I also believe that creativity is not just about writing stories or creating a work of art, that it manifests itself in many often unseen, day-to-day, forms that are worth exploring and discussing.​

With my new bi-monthly podcast, entitled The Creativity for All Podcast, I’m keen to:​

• explore creativity in all its forms,​
• debunk many myths about creativity, such as being for the chosen few, unreachable, expensive and painful,​
• show that creativity is for everyone and is accessible,​
• create a vibrant and inspiring community of like-minded people from all over the world.

​The Creativity for All Podcast alternates solo episodes, focusing on a particular theme, and guest episodes with all manner of creative people discussing their take on creativity and what creativity means to them.

My podcast is designed for anyone tempted to pursue a creative path or who’s already being creative. It’s also designed for those of you who think they are not creative or can never be creative. I would love to change your mind about that!

The Creativity for All Podcast is sponsored by Blue as an Orange, where we believe in creativity through communication and offer mentoring and coaching for aspiring writers, tailored language tuition and editing/translation services.

www.blueasanorange.com
caroline@blueasanorange.com

In this episode of the Creativity for All Podcast – the first guest episode of Series 1 about the origin of creativity – I'm talking to Helen Murray.

Helen is passionate about facilitating learning and development and is a qualified teacher and education development advisor. She’s also a home-educating parent who values freedom, self-direction and consent in education.

She's interested in learning as a creative process, which makes her the ideal first guest on my show. She’s an original thinker and in the seven years I’ve known her, there isn’t a single conversation we’ve had that hasn’t left me with food for thought, especially on the subject of creativity.

Helen and I talk about active learning, how to encourage children to be creative, about boredom as a trigger for creativity and the freedom to be creative, among many other topics, so I hope you will enjoy our discussion.

More information about Helen Murray

Do schools kill creativity?, A talk by Sir Ken Robinson, author and educator.

Bring on the Learning Revolution, A talk by Sir Ken Robinson, author and educator.