Taking imagination seriously - Janet Echelman
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Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity.
Echelman describes herself as “an unlikely person to be doing this.” What does she mean? What habits of mind or personality traits do you think contributed to her success?
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