When students at the Latham Center on Cape Cod were given my photo book, “What Do You See? Finding Shapes from the Sky”, they discovered there was no right or wrong answer, but more to see each time. It was fun learning and imagining…
In my book, “Sea & Sand from the Sky”, there is a quote from Apollo 14 Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell:
“We need to make the world safe for
creativity and intuition, for it is creativity
and intuition that will make the world
safe for us.”
To my delight I met Edgar Mitchell in Florida at his home/museum and was inspired by the paintings, photos and memorabilia of his life as an astronaut. I even happened to meet him 41 years to the day that he launched to the moon. On his walls were images of the Space Age dreams of America: the story in photos, drawings and paintings that it had become reality. Besides engineering, technology and hard work, it took vision, courage, and creativity.
And a touch of lightness. On his refrigerator was the sign “Fly Me to the Moon.”