Echoes from the Square

Creativity over destruction - based on true actions of the cellist of Sarajevo.

Creativity over destruction - story, videos, projects and conversation. The true actions of Vedran Smailovic, cellist of Sarajevo, & more.

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The 10-minute video (click on the image above) is a reading of the children's story by the author (Elizabeth Wellburn) accompanied by original artwork from the book (by Deryk Houston) and music, including violin by Tasmin Little
www.tasminlittle.org.uk
and cello by Vedran Smailovic, the real cellist of Sarajevo whose CD "Sarajevo to Belfast" is available at: www.appleseedmusic.com

We thank these artists for their kind permission to use their work.

And we are delighted that our work aligns with the concept of "Creativity over Destructiveness" that is a main premise of the Zimbardo/Langdon "heroes in waiting" project.

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Links

http://thejanuscenter.com/heroworkshop/index.htm
Matt Langdon's Hero Workshop page.

http://www.zimbardo.com/
Dr. Phil Zimbardo's home page.

Zimbardo's Ten Steps to build resilience and resistance.
http://www.lucifereffect.com/guide_tenstep.htm


A great TED talk by Sir Ken Robinson (do schools kill creativity?)
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html


Elizabeth's Blog
http://elizabethtweets.wordpress.com/


Blog on Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002BMMEI6
 

Note that the author and artist are always happy to visit schools and talk about this project.

Our most recent visit was to Sandwich, Massachusetts, in January of 2009, where we read to about 600 children in three schools (Grades 7 & 8).

Feel free to contact us by email
ewellburn@pinc.com

Published by Rubicon, the book is available on Amazon, Chapters, etc.


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