Art is sophisticated play. It's getting your hands all dirty with wet, messy clay. It's wearing old clothes and getting paint all over them. It's pretending; "Let's say you live in a castle ....", or "Those clouds look like..."
Some of us never get over the childhood imaginations, the "what ifs" of play. Art is recreating the child. Children don't usually make much money I've noticed, but work is play when you love to do it!
Rococo
illustration from www.art.com
artist-Mary Cassatt
2 comments:
in speaking with a 4th grade teacher lately, i discovered that she was reading her kids the chronicles of narnia, and lord of the rings. When asked what the book meant, none of the children were able to create a picture to associate with the words. so, teachers are now having to teach children to imagine... to dream.
when did this happen? the advent of technology et. al has stripped our youth of their brightest childhood accomplishments.
i liked my childhood, where my parents let me be a kid as long as possible. that was their goal, and i think it has paid off in many areas. art and music are deeply connected.
Your music is eloquent!
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