Hello, my name is Lila Cooper and I believe that the One Stone community is an incubator for creativity. Coming from an education that only cares about test scores, my creativity was suffocated. I was told that my passions were useless and would never be applicable in the real world. After joining the One Stone community and being surrounded by so many innovative people, I realized that my creativity and passions are valued and are important skills, no matter what job I might have in the future. I have always had an interest in photography. When my dad and I went on walks, I would steal his phone and take pictures of everything I could see. As we get older, I believe most people lose that excitement for the world around us. Someone pulls the drain plug and our creativity drips away. One Stone has reintroduced me into that creativity and imagination that you have as a child and has allowed me to see the world in a more creative and innovative way, and I could not be more grateful.
Below are a few photos that I took for my Land + Scape + Water + Color Immersion, which was a four week deep dive into the water and life around us. Students in this immersion worked on a range of things including identifying organisms in the Boise River to watercolor painting a landscape. I chose to explore my interest in photography, as it was one of my larger bubbles on my T-Popper, as well as learning about edible plants, which relates to my passion for nature. These photos below inspire me to Be the Good for others because it reminds me of the good that One Stone has been for me. They raised to the surface my drowned creativity. To me, Being Good means being good to other people, and with this innovative mindset that One Stone has enabled me to harness, I am ready to go out into the world and Be the Good.
