I thought the concept of "stillness" was an important element in this chapter especially in a world that we live in that is rarely still. The quote, "getting them to be still inside so they can be receive the learning experiences" is so accurate. We do need their attention to teach or model a concept but more than that we need their stillness so they can welcome the experience and absorb it. It also gives the students the opportunity to be one with themselves and that opens their receptive channels even more as well as nutures their spirit.
I also found a connection between imagination and destructiveness. Although they may appear to be on opposite sides of the spectrum their outcomes are similar. When imagining you are awakening yourself to new ideas and through destruction you make pieces from a whole, but you can construct and create something new using your imagination. Creative teaching can take an old lesson plan, destruct it into pieces...and through imagination gather the pieces and create a new exciting plan.
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