Sharing some of my thoughts about art; revealing the lie!

So because this is the internet, I cannot show the bulletin board (the one I mentioned in the previous entry) in its entirety because my school name is plastered all over it! I had forgotten about that little detail.

                                              

  What I've done is edited them to get just two of the corners. I apologize for having to chop it up so.

                             

These are showing the dragonfly and butterfly taking flight from the paint brushes. I was striving for the concept of creation, that we are creators when we let our imaginations soar.

The card with a brief explanation of the bulletin board is posted beside the board in the lobby:

"Is knowledge more important than imagination? Albert Einstein didn't think so. This bulletin board expresses the commitment of Our Elementary School to nurture hearts as well as the minds of Our Elementary School's students. Through daily integration of art and music with academic subjects, we will meet high academic standards and raise caring, responsible citizens."

Imagination IS more important than knowledge.   Albert Einstein

The one who holds the pencil, pen, crayon, marker, or paintbrush is the creator of the image, creator of the story, creator of the life and truth that follows it. If it is born from the truth of the maker, then it will have a life of its own. Sometimes art transforms the artist, sometimes it transforms the receiver of the art, the one who views it and finds in it one's own interpretation, one's own meaning, based on what one has experienced in life, and based on what one believes in his heart.

Sometimes it makes us laugh, and sometimes it gives us the shivers. Sometimes we are confounded by it, shocked, pleased, and even angered by a work of art, but seldom are we indifferent to it.

I believe that we are co-creators in this world.

Whether one believes that God had His hand in this marvelous work or not, surely one believes that we (as a human race, collectively and individually) have a hand in its continued creation, ...its care, ...its continued transformation through building, strengthening, preserving, protecting, and growth. Or we can be the destructors of life through ... pollution of the waters and atmosphere, ... causing the extinction of plant life and animal habitats, ... or depleting Earth's natural resources.

We are creators or destructors.

And I'm not even talking about our responsibilities and obligations to care for each other ... a whole 'nuther topic.

Week End Assignment:

The truth is revealed... or rather, the lie:

In answer to the question about which fact was the lie, most of you know me so well!!! Yes, #3 was the lie. I do like bugs. They don't scare me, although there are a couple I abhor (roaches, ticks, fleas, those kind), but in general, insects fascinate me. I hate meatloaf... well, not hate... I dislike it, for all that I said about it (sorry Marie!), and everyone knows I love my dogs, and wouldtake them everywhere I go if I could.

Thanks for participating in that one!

And thank you for taking the time to visit and leave comments this week. One more week and I'll be integrating art in my CSI classroom!

 

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