The Life and Mind of Jerry Garcia in Conjunction with Howard Gardners Model of Creativity :: Howard Gardner Jerry Garcia Paperes

The intent and Mind of Jerry Garcia in Conjunction with Howard Gardners Model of CreativityWe always though of the Grateful Dead as being the engine that was driving the spaceship that we were traveling on.-Ken Babbs, a former Merry PranksterDaddy is sleeping. Dont fulfil the guitars. -Heather GarciaIn his Creating Minds, Howard Gardner states the purpose of his book as an examination of the ...often peculiar bright capacities, personality configurations, social arrangements, and creative agendas, struggles, and accomplishments (6). In this paper I willing examine the life and creativity of John Jerome Garcia from the framework and theories provided by Gardner, from the billet of aptness in the musical intelligence.One of the most significant events of Jerry Garcias childishness occurred when he was four and brother Clifford, Tiff, was eight. Wed been given a chore to do...hed look into the wood and Id chop it...he was messing around and I was just constantly chopping. Jerry at sea about half of his right ring finger. This was the first of numerous losses Jerry experienced that would affect his life and musical style.The Early Yearsinnate(p) in San Francisco, Jerry Garcia was the son of a registered nurse and an immigrant big bandleader. When Garcias band stone-broke up, he went into the bar business. It was right after the Depression. It was a job he had to take to survive. Back then, you had to take any damn thing. Continuing the convening of loss, Garcia drowned when Jerry was five. It is notable that he grew up with a single parent, an environment that characterizes many of todays childrens formative experiences. When his father died, his decided to continue the bar business. As a result of this, what was left of the Garcia family moved around the San Francisco area quite ofttimes during the childrens formative years. All the family members the children knew lived within a five-block radius. This enabled them to have an even big run of the city , as they would often ride the train around townspeople to visit relatives. ProdigiousnessOne of the issues in Gardners model is the child prodigy. We see this reflected surmount in Picasso, less so in Einstein. Jerry was quite the opposite. His musical career was characterized by very, very hard work. As former wife Sara recalled, Hed be in a bad mood if he couldnt practice for some(prenominal) hours a day (32). Hed position into an absolute funk if he couldnt get something absolutely right (47).