{"id":7882,"date":"2012-08-14T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T19:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=7882"},"modified":"2012-09-17T16:01:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T20:01:12","slug":"tm-develops-creativity-in-art-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/students\/tm-develops-creativity-in-art-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading Art College Offers TM to Develop Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The College for Creative Studies<\/a> (CCS) in Detroit, Michigan, a recognized leader in art and design education, is also now a leader in ensuring its students have the tools to fuel their own creativity and overcome stress.
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\u201cThe students who are attracted to CCS are ones who are very passionate and very driven,\u201d said Michael Coleman, the college\u2019s Director of Student Life. “The need for our students to have some way to calm themselves, to focus, to prioritize, to get in touch with what is truly important to them is immense. <\/p>\n

Adds Imre Molnar, Dean at CCS, \u201cQuite unapologetically this institution puts people under a lot of stress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Which is exactly why CSS faculty member Molly Beauregard began offering the stress-reducing, creativity-enhancing Transcendental Meditation technique as part of her class on \u201cConsciousness, Creativity and Bliss.\u201d How did the CSS students in her class respond? Watch the video below and find out.<\/p>\n

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Here are some excerpts from the video:<\/p>\n

Kevin, transportation design student:
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Kevin - Design Student<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

“The minute you walk in the door you’re jumping on a moving train. Students quickly learn that if they’re going to get the work done they need to they typically are not going to sleep\u2026. Since I have started TM I have notices a lot of different changes both on a small scale and a big scale in myself. I feel like I\u2019ve never been organized before my entire life and I feel like I\u2019m slowly getting organized which is probably good being that I\u2019m going out into the working world soon.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chelsea, film student:
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\u201cWhen I came out of my first meditation I knew right away that it was going to be something I would carry with me for the rest of my life. I helped Molly in the process to bring this to CCS because I was just really passionate about other students feeling what I was feeling because she\u2019s been just adamant about doing this for years and years.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tyler, transportation design student:
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\u201cYou come out of it and you just feel great, it\u2019s like you just took a two-hour nap.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Esther, photography student:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Esther - Photography Student<\/p><\/div>\n

“I started noticing in the first week that ideas started flowing again. Things were coming naturally. I didn’t have to force ideas; they were just sort of flowing in.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Julie, graphic design student:
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\u201cJust knowing that it was only twenty minutes to just like meditate and then after that just feel so good about it, that just blew me away.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brittany, crafts student:
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\u201cI definitely have been a lot chiller, like when something breaks in the glass department now or like a cup falls on the floor, I\u2019m just like okay and move on. I definitely used to get kind of upset about that kind of stuff.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Dorian, stop-motion animation student:
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\u201cI feel like I\u2019m me and I\u2019m purely happy from it, like just truly happy.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Michael Coleman, Director of Student Life:
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\u201cThe main thing about [TM] that I liked was that it was going to provide students with a way to become more resourceful and reliant on themselves in how to deal with stress or difficult situations that are going on in their life on their own… and if we could figure out a way to teach our students that while they’re here at CCS… I just thought that would be an amazing thing.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cliff Harris, academic advisor:
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Cliff Harris - Academic Advisor<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThey need to have a means be able to tap into the deep resources of their souls to get to that creative spot. A course like Molly\u2019s course helps them to gain access–to go past whatever that block is and access that internal information that they need to be able to get back into their whole creative journey.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Molly Beauregard<\/strong>, CCS faculty, whose class integrates the practice of Transcendental Meditation technique with the study of consciousness and creativity:<\/p>\n

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Molly Beauregard - CCS Faculty<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis class addresses the epidemic of stress in this country by offering students the opportunity to be quiet. My great joy is hearing that students say, \u2018I just feel happy,\u2019 and I\u2019m not even sure how much they know they\u2019re learning, but that\u2019s what education should be about: \u2018I\u2019m happy to be learning!\u2019\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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