PART II
By Carter M. Phillips

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Welcome back, everyone. From Mustang Post News, West Fargo, this is Sheyenne Perspectives. I’m Hailey Boehme.

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HAILEY BOEME
Hey everyone! It’s your host, Hailey Boehme, and I’m here to welcome you back to another episode of Sheyenne Perspectives from Mustang Post News.

In our last episode of Sheyenne Perspectives, Jaxson Miller delved into the human desire to create and share those creations. 

This week Carter Phillips continues our series by taking a look at Sheyenne High School’s theatre department, creativity and where it comes from.

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MARLYNE LALIBERTE

My name is Marlyne Laliberte and I am the theatre director of Sheyenne high school and I’m also the senior English teacher for composition and literature.

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MARYLNE LALIBERTE

Everything that was invented was created by an artist. You have to create to evolve, so what I mean by that is, even the person-

If you created and car, if you created the wheel, if you created a chair, if you created the computer heh! –

No matter what it is, it’s all created by an artist. Artists think outside the box.

MARYLYNE LALIBERTE

First, I think it’s the desire. All desire comes from the soul, comes from the heart. Sometimes that’s our only motivation, is that we need to. We need to create. Express ourselves. I guess it’s a form of expression. Yeah. So, first it’s a desire and need to express and need to improve; make yourself better somehow; get your ideas out.

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You need to trust. So, for me as a teacher, you have to be comfortable in your environment. You have to trust the people that are around you, because you’ll close up. You won’t do anything. You won’t let yourself go, and see that you can trust others around you, you will bloom, and you will want to create even more.

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And the most important question of all. Where does creativity come from?

MARYLINE LALIBERTE

know I teach so many seniors and I ask them with a profile of a graduate- What we do here. So, you can graduate. And one page is called creativity and I have a handful of students- More than a handful, of students who [say,] “I won’t create. I don’t know how to create. I haven’t created.” So, I have to really talk to them about what creativity really means.

Some people, you know, I really believe it’s- Your born with the desire to create. And whether it’s the right side of your brain or the left, I’m not sure, but maybe it’s your soul or your heart.

You know, my reason how I want to create and how my theatre students want to create is, they have- they love it. They love expressing themselves and it’s fun.

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This podcast was recorded and edited by Logan Jacobs and hosted by Hailey Boehme. Sheyenne Perspectives theme music was composed and performed by Kolby Thompson under the direction of Mark Berntson. A special thanks goes out to Anthony Peterson.

HAILEY BOEME

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This podcast was recorded and edited by Carter Phillips and hosted by Hailey Boehme. Sheyenne Perspectives theme music was composed and performed by Kolby Thompson under the direction of Mark Berntson (BURNT-son). Thank you Marylin LaLiberte for your insight and time contributing to this episode.

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Next week Dairell Alvarico will wrap up this school year’s Sheyenne Perspectives podcast series with her focus on a chance for change through the personal experiences of new student immigrants, their personal struggles, and their joys.

So long, everyone. See you soon.

This has been a production of Mustang Post News.

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