BROKEN CRAYONS - The Missing Chapters

BROKEN CRAYONS - The Missing Chapters

 While I was initially writing BROKEN CRAYONS in 1994 to be published by Kendal-Hunt I had 3 more chapters in rough form that dealt with the reality that people are often metaphorically, emotionally, psychologically, physical also

 BROKEN CRAYONS

 and have trouble functioning or need help or institutionalization like PATCH ADAMS did or the patients in 

 AWAKENINGS

 or nearly every single ROBIN WILLIAMS movie he ever starred in.

 When I shared my roughs for BROKEN CRAYONS two of my mentors and strongest supporters

 SID & BEA PARNES

 recommended that I leave out these 3 chapters.

 Now after 22 years since BROKEN CRAYONS was first published I am finally writing and publishing

 THE MISSING CHAPTERS

 focused on human BROKEN CRAYONS

 Chapter BC 13
Who and What are HUMAN BROKEN CRAYONS?

 Chapter BC 14
How can professionals help HUMAN BROKEN CRAYONS?

 Chapter BC 15
How you as a family member, spouse, or friend help HUMAN BROKEN CRAYONS?

 The content of this book, these 3 chapters are the result of my spending 41 years studying Creative Thinking Development and Creative People.

 Education

 Masters of Education in Guidance & Counseling
focus - Gifted, Talented and Creative Individuals

 PhD in Educational Psychology
focus - Development of Creative Thinking S.T.A.M.P.S.
S - Systems
T - Tools & Techniques
A - Attitudes & Approaches
M - Methods
P - Processes
S - Strategie

 partially incomplete university degrees

 B.Ed in Middle School Math and Educational Strategies
M.Ed in Gifted Education

 41 years as a speaker, trainer, professor, consultant focused
on the Development of Creative Thinking in Workplaces
from the front & rear doors to the top floors.

 Since 1976 I have written over 800 published articles

 They have been published in

 newspapers, magazines, professional journals, newsletters, e-zines and on websites or as podcasts and webinars.

 I will also include an extensive bibliography of the various books I have read since 1966 on the subjects included in this book.

 Please follow this blog an share comments, ask questions, offer suggestions as I share roughs through this blog until I publish the finished book.

 Alan
Robert Alan Black, Ph.D., CSP, DLA
alan@cre8ng.com
http://www.cre8ng.com

Comments

  1. DacJuly 17, 2017 at 9:29 AM

    Well, I don't know. People as Broken Crayons? I thought that the theme was that broken crayons allow you to go beyond the ordinary, the customary, the rigid restrictions.

    Are you using Broken Crayons in the previous sense when you talk about people being broken crayons?

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  2. RobertAlanBlackCre8NG!July 17, 2017 at 10:06 AM

    Thanks for your direct comment to this blog post.

    The initial analogy for this book is that PEOPLE are CRAYONS....
    filled with COLOR. In actuality they possess a variety to infinite COLORS.

    BROKEN CRAYONS in the original book was a metaphor of media, materials
    and that we can usually do much more with BROKEN CRAYONS
    that perfectly formed wrapped crayons.

    That is all explained in the original book.

    The intent for these 3 chapters is to use the metaphor
    of CRAYONS as People and BROKEN CRAYONS as people have problems or in trouble needing help.

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