This site is a living canvas of my teaching practice — a space where ideas, reflections, and conversations about education converge around one enduring thread: creativity.

I am Guy Calaf Stimson — educator, visual storyteller, former photojournalist. My path has taken me from conflict zones as a war photographer to the classrooms of Perth Modern School, Western Australia’s only academically selective school. Each chapter has deepened my belief that at the heart of every learning journey lies the human capacity to create.

In my teaching, creativity is not a luxury or a bonus; it is the essential act through which students claim ownership of their learning. It is where curiosity turns into agency, where knowledge transforms into meaning, and where rigour becomes joyful pursuit. My classrooms are dynamic studios where students explore, design, make, and reflect — not only mastering content, but discovering themselves.

Guided by Sir Ken Robinson’s vision that the role of an educator is to help students discover their “element” — the place where natural talent meets deep passion — I strive to create learning environments that are inclusive, challenging, and profoundly creative.

As I continue to evolve my practice through Teaching for Impact, my leadership is grounded in a simple question that drives my work with colleagues, students, and the wider community:
How can we cultivate creativity as the most vital currency for thriving in an uncertain world?

Or, as Elizabeth Gilbert writes in Big Magic:

“A creative life is an amplified life. It's a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life.”

This is the invitation I extend to every learner who walks into my classroom.