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creativity
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Artist~<^eggyHfoye Jfarter. has been paintil'ijf'Slftce sne was eight years old.
She remembers her very first art lesson-the one her father gave her wheri she helped him build a wooden boat, and how she found a creative outlet in an everyday-life event.
They had named the little vessel after her favorite cartoon character, but when she painted the name and character on the nose of the boat, one of the designs was going the wrong direction.
Her father said, ?Well, you?ve got to come and you?ve got to go too,? but Carter learned a little about design.
When she went to Louisiana State University, Carter majored in art education. When she finished, she was not certain that she wanted to work with elementary and secondary students, or how important it would become once she did it.
?I was never sure I wanted to teach elementary and high school art, but when I was married, I taught there and loved it, especially elementary,? she said.
Carter believes that people naturally have creativity, but it
shows itself in different ways.
She uses her own children as an example: among them are an actor, a writer, an artist and an attorney. ?I think you have to be a little bit of an actor to be an attorney, but that?s a creative profession, too, just because you have to think creatively to put your ideas across in a case,? Carter explained.
Speaking of art specifically but saying something which applies to many other fields, she adds, ?The skills acquired early are so important. The amount of time it takes to acquire the skills to go with the creativity is
?An artist is ( ahead of society, ahead of the res lems and being a
vitally important. That?s why it?s so vital to start early.? After she stopped teaching in schools, she gave private art lessons and found her most rewarding work in the lessons