The Importance of Curiosity

Sally Taylor speaks about the important roll curiosity will play in the future of Education.
Founded by artist and performer Sally Taylor in 2012, Consenses is an organization based on the innovative concept of an “Interpretive Chain.” It is like an artistic game of telephone: A photographer takes a photograph; then a musician creates a song interpreting that photograph; then a dancer makes a dance interpreting that song; and so on, until all five senses are represented.
Consenses has developed a unique arts curriculum for a classroom setting in which students collaborate to create Interpretive Chains. In the process, they learn tolerance and empathy through “listening” to others, not through their words, but through various art forms.
Consenses has conducted successful pilot applications of its Interpretive Chain curriculum in ten different schools and thirty-one classrooms. Feedback from more than ten educators who collaborated with Sally Taylor on these pilots testifies to the Social Emotional Learning impact. By enabling communication through a medium other than language, Consenses is uniquely effective and powerful at spreading the message that everyone’s perspective is equal and valid, helping people to see beyond themselves.