QuiltsByKeila

Creativity as a Practice

I am intent on pursuing personal expression founded on significance, skill building, effort, reflection, persistence, and expert instruction.

My Values

Excellence Rooted in Kindness and Logic: As a perfectionist, I am closely acquainted with shame, fear of failure, and risk avoidance. I frequently have to recommit to embracing myself throughout all steps of the learning process, even those that don’t feel like success.

Pursuit of Joy: Time is often my most precious and endangered resource. Creative struggles that aren’t leading to confidence, joy, and a deep feeling of satisfaction must be abandoned in pursuit of other projects.

Community: More meaningful creative accomplishments often happen through successfully navigating the challenges of working equitably and cooperatively with others. Investing in any community requires humility, vulnerability, and connection; every member must take responsibility for safeguarding group interests and individual identities.

Language as a Human Right: Language diversity and accessibility should be embraced, celebrated, and utilized to promote personal and student wellbeing and learning.

Learning as a Way of Life: Ongoing growth and development is integral to the human experience and is most meaningful when it is relevant to personal interests or needs.

Instructional Delivery Matters: Assuming content has significance to the student, learners of any kind who find themselves struggling, including students of quilting, indicate a need for educator reflection on how to change instructional methods and approaches, not student deficits.