keynote address at the 2008 Creativity in Education Conference near Pretoria, South Africa at Klein Kariba Spa

1. We are born R a i n b o w s But are turned into dark gray ink lines.

7. We are born R a i n b o w s But are turned into dark gray ink lines.

8. Mrs. Johnson Mr. Cunningham Mrs. Puce Mr. Siegal and many, many others…

9. Taught me to & let me BREAK My crayons

10. and helped me find a direction that lead to my first Passion … Architecture & Design

11. In 1976 a single letter changed my life…

12. In 1976 a single letter changed my life… Dear Mr. & Mrs. Black: Your son Jeffrey Alan Black has qualified for a gifted Education Program. Unfortunately we do not have one at this time. When we do he will be placed in it.

13. Ventures Unlimited

14. There she goes…

15. Teddy Stoddard

16. Read, read, read….

17. 1977 I began wandering the world

18. Bob Eberle & SCAMPER Dorothy Sisk 1978 CPSI

19. Merry, Me & Creativity

20. 1979 Dr. E. Paul Torrance

21. Born creative Born with vast potential Yet most will never use it.

24. We are all teachers We are all students

25. We prepare students for their futures

26. We provide them guidance and directions

27. We help them to create patterns…

28. A life searching for a perfect blossom

29. is a good life.

30. A life spent searching, creating, loving is a GREAT life.

45. Jessica Jack Parker Tyler

46. There he goes. I may never see him again for now they will turn him into one of them Tyler

47. We are born R a i n b o w s But are turned into dark gray ink lines.

50. Manic-Depressive see things from two viewpoints When you have Multiple Personality Syndrome you are never alone.