Open Jar Thinking

How we got the name OPEN JAR INSTITUTE: A group of researchers did a study on fleas and discovered the open jar phenomenon. They took a group of fleas, put them in a jar and closed the lid. The fleas, which have a high capacity to jump, kept hitting the lid of the jar as they jumped. After a few days, the fleas learned the limitation of where the lid was and began jumping just below the height of the lid. A week later, they took off the lid of the jar. The fleas continued to jump at the adjusted height and, although the jar was now open, they never jumped out of the jar.
Like those fleas in the OPEN JAR, so do we, as humans (and ARTISTS) often adjust to the limitations others set for us to the point where we stop doing our very best - even when there are no limitations - and we never achieve what we were meant to achieve.
At THE OPEN JAR INSTITUTE we believe that the lid is off... the possibilities endless.