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What a Creative Act of Imagination Can Accomplish

I believe imagination was a God-given tool says, Rainn Wilson in the XPRIZE Insights video below. Wilson sees arts education, therefore, as an empowering tool, which “helps define a person for who they are in their integral self.”
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I believe imagination was a God-given tool says, Rainn Wilson in the XPRIZE Insights video below. Wilson sees arts education, therefore, as an empowering tool, which “helps define a person for who they are in their integral self.”

From the earliest cave paintings, Wilson says, imagination has been used to transform societies and make the world a better place. 

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