American Craft Magazine October/November 2014
Busy Hands, Busy Brains
Research shows that the most accomplished scientists are likely to be craftspeople.
http://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/busy-hands-busy-brains
"high-achieving individuals were far more likely to have extensive art and craft skills than the average American is." Rex LaMore, researcher
"So if your interest is creating businesses in your local community, gaining new products and services, then this relationship of science, arts, and crafts seems to be important. Now, the research didn’t give us any new information about whether we should pursue a specific art or craft; we weren’t able to get that kind of fine detail. But it did suggest that the combination of science and art and craft does lead to that more inventive and creative person, the kind that – from an economic development perspective – communities are seeking to attract or create."
1 comment:
Very interesting! Such versatile people are valuable from more than an "economic development" point of view. Looking at it from the Humanist point of view, learning and doing art, craft, poetry, and other pursuits has a great deal more value than the American economy gives it. Most artists and crafters get paid very little as compared to our society's corporate an academic scientists and technicians, whose work can make big profits for others. I think doing art of any kind makes for a better person who sees more of life and the world, who engages the spirit -- better not in economic terms but in terms of humanity.
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