"When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes inventive,searching,daring,self expressive creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs,upsets,enlightens,and opens ways for understanding. Where those who are not artists are trying to close the book, he opens it and shows there are still more pages possible"
Robert Henri
The art spirit, 1923
The dipositions Aniela is showing in these photos are her ability to tinker around and her definite knack of deconstructing and constructing.
I also wanted to show that creativity is not all about the resourses, creativity can happen anywhere anytime with what ever you have and no one knows this better than the young child.
There are so many experiences that nurture creativity, so i have added a few from the last 6 months that really capture my daughters spirit of creativity.
I have met a few people that have openly admitted that they have struggled to teach children art skills, perhaps because they have not nurtured their own artistic nature, there was a point in history when just the simple pleasure of having a coloured ribbon was a great treasure, and it can be the same for the young child discovering the beauty of colour, texture and movement, so that is why it is important to take our time with art, and understand that art and creativity can be everywhere.
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