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Where Art, Education & Imagination Intersect
This blog explores the role of art in education, creative intelligence, and cultural storytelling. Blending research with reflection, each post offers an inspiring pause; a connection to art, memory, and meaning across time and place.
Here, you'll find reflective essays on art in education, on what inspires us, creative living and on being an artist.
Let each entry be a spark for your thinking, educational journey and art.


Why I no longer call it a blog - and what YOU should do instead!
Once upon a time, blogging conjured images of travel diaries, food journals, or the early internet’s version of an open letter. But today? The landscape has changed. Blogging has evolved into something far more layered, strategic, and powerful. Yet strangely, the word stayed stuck in the past. What we used to call a “blog” is now a very specific form of professional communication; one that builds credibility, sharpens your voice, and attracts the right clients, collaborations

Louise Sommer
Jul 143 min read


Creative Visibility & Thought Leadership: Why Art Belongs at the Heart of Education
Discover how creative intelligence and emotional learning shape impactful thought leadership in education. Louise Sommer explores the value of art in education, symbolic communication, and cross-cultural clarity—featuring insights from Isabel Allende and academic research. For educators, creatives, and changemakers building meaningful digital presence and leadership.

Louise Sommer
Jul 73 min read


Why I Blog: Creative Leadership, Emotional Intelligence & the Art of Learning
There is so much performance in education today; teachers performing knowledge, students performing achievement, institutions performing innovation. But real learning is quiet, relational, and deeply human. My blog became a place where I could share what that looks like. Not for the sake of branding or self-promotion, but because I believe that reflective storytelling is essential for leadership.

Louise Sommer
Jun 214 min read


When New York Created Icons: Cultural Innovation and the Creative Explosion of the 1980s
Creative Innovation & Cultural Identity: 1980s NYC. A professional exploration of how 1980s New York shaped global identity, media, and creative leadership through icons like Madonna, MTV, and subcultural movements.

Louise Sommer
May 193 min read


Gertrude Stein: Lessons from Paris’ Most Fearless Muse & the Golden Age of Creative Living
There are cities you visit, and there are cities you live in. And then there is Paris; a place you inhabit with your soul.To walk the cobbled streets of Montmartre or the Left Bank is to wander through time, brushing shoulders with the ghosts of artists and writers who defined entire epochs. One of the most iconic of them all, in my opinion, is Gertrude Stein.

Louise Sommer
May 53 min read


Jonna Jinton: The Power of Authentic Living and the Creative Dance
In an age of fast-paced digital consumption and curated perfection, there are rare artists who remind us of the unfiltered beauty of life.

Louise Sommer
Apr 243 min read


The Pelican, the Beach, and the Beauty of Everyday Magic
Quirky, grand, slightly awkward, and entirely majestic, the pelican never fails to make me smile. This week, I released a new artwork.

Louise Sommer
Apr 104 min read


My Top 5 Steps on Art, Courage & coming out as an Artist
This is the kind of creative courage Madonna embodied. And it’s the kind of creative courage I’ve been learning to live. Here's my TOP FIVE

Louise Sommer
Mar 254 min read


Top 5 Fun and Fearless Essentials for Creative Blogging in 2025
Turn Up Your Influence, Visibility & Creative Magic. “Girls just wanna have fun!” and bloggers just wanna create, shine & express themself.

Louise Sommer
Feb 103 min read


Beyond Entertainment: How Foreign Films and Stories Train Our Cultural Intelligence
Watching foreign films, TV shows, and reading books from other cultures is a way to train, expand and broaden our cultural intelligence.

Louise Sommer
Jan 305 min read


From Art to Action: How Culture Shapes the Way We Communicate
Culture is a powerful lens through which we view the world. It shapes our language, values, even how we communicate and understand others.

Louise Sommer
Jan 264 min read


The Queen who saved the Grail Legend; A story about Creativity & Power
From European medieval times to the captivating adventures of Indiana Jones, the Grail has remained alive in our hearts and imaginations.

Louise Sommer
Nov 28, 20244 min read


Wonderful Life Lessons from Julie and Julia on Creativity & Authentic Living
The movie 'Julie & Julia' offers a delightful exploration of the birth of blogging and the parallel creative stories of two passionate women

Louise Sommer
Nov 14, 20245 min read


Exploring the Living Narrative of Human Existence
We are the sum of every struggle, every victory, every story that our ancestors experienced. Culture is the living narrative of these ...

Louise Sommer
Oct 11, 20243 min read


Creative Intelligence; Unlocking Your Power of Creativity
Creativity is the lifeblood of innovation, the spark that ignites new ideas and the driving force behind every great endeavor.

Louise Sommer
Sep 20, 20243 min read
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