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avimuchnick:

The desk was a present. My daughter turns 8 today and more than ever I feel like a father. It’s not just her age that makes me feel this way, but her growing talents and my responsibilities in nurturing them. She, like me, is a Builder of Things. 

She draws; she paints; she makes books (as in literally, *makes* them, from the bindings to the illustrations to the stories within; She makes puppets; She takes photos; She. Makes. Things.

And she is very, very good at what she does. 

I want to help her channel her creative energy in a way that will let her inspire others as she grows. She is a next generation maker and the creative tools already at her disposal make my childhood tools look like Play-Doh in comparison (because, actually that’s what it was). She will be leaps and bounds ahead of me. I want to pass on some of the lessons that I only learned in my twenties and thirties, now, while she is still moldable.

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My boss, on teaching creativity. Read the whole thing!