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The idea of being a creative person as a rarity, is just a myth. Jonah Lehrer, author of the amazing book Imagine: How Creativity Works, was on the Colbert Report and had this to say about creativity...

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Case in point, Can your 4 year old make Google Sketchup masterpieces?

By Vanessa Quirk  —  Filed under: Architecture News , Google SketchUp

4 year-old Jed's Google SketchUp Masterpieces. via bleuscape

According to his Architect Dad, Anthony Rigg, 4-year old Jed is no prodigy. He just really likes playing with blocks. So when he showed his son how to use Google SketchUp (3D) for the first time, he wasn’t expecting much. He figured that his son, like any 4 year-old, would quickly lose focus and start doing something else. Half an hour later, Jed was still happily designing away, coming up with these 6 block “mansions.” Dad was “absolutely staggered.” In his words, “I think it is incredible what the unadulterated minds of children can produce.” Of course, you could take the position that Google SketchUp makes design so easy that even a 4 year-old can do it, but we prefer to think of it as a tool that breaks the barriers making Architecture inaccessible, that lets creativity trump technique, and lets you tap into your inner Jed. As Picasso once said, “Every child is born an artist. The trouble is remaining an artist when you grow up.”

Cite: Quirk , Vanessa . "Can Your 4 Year Old Make Google SketchUp Masterpieces?" 26 May 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed 14 Jun 2012.

 

So to our dads, and of course our moms, we say, THANK YOU! Every child has the capacity to be creative, we're lucky to have people in our lives who recognized that potential and help us harness it everyday. Happy Father's Day!