etch-a-sketch artwork by one of my sons. He was 9 or 10 at the time he created it
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what is an artist?
an woman wearing a smock stained with paint?
a misty eyed mystic who sees the world in tints of rose?
a bitter man who was shaped by the wrongs done to him?
one misunderstood now, but revered after his passing?
perhaps
but maybe
an artist is a child
who sees the beauty and potential
in everything that surrounds
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at dVerse, we have been invited to write about artisans and craftspersons. I hope it’s OK that I went with artists instead. Two of my favourite artists are my own mom, whose paintings are absolutely lovely, and one of my sons, who (as can be seen from the etch-a-sketch image above) has artistic talent that leaves my artistic talent in the dust
A really nice piece, Bryan. And it goes along with an article I just did yesterday about how creative this next generation is. I’ll leave you a link in case you want to check it out — but please don’t feel obligated to do so. I just thought it was neat that these two posts came out in the same week.
https://sandraconner.wordpress.com/2017/01/16/dream-big/
A very perceptive piece. You are not the first person to observe that the world viewed through a child’s eyes is perhaps the most beautiful but your observation is a timely reminder to the world right now.
Very nice –well said. Loved the pic — it did the trick.
i’ve seen beautiful art in the eyes of a child
I love this piece abd the artwork. Did Leodegan di it?
Yes
Nurture that talent and artistic gift of your child Bryan ~ He has the foundation to create something beautiful from his surroundings ~
Our children first become our teachers, even while still young. Our “wisdom”, for them. is just scribbling margins of their probing, creative minds. I believe that most poets nurture their own inner child, hanging on desperately to that since of wonder that meeting the world provided. One day our children could become our caretakers, if they don’t place us in a “home” too soon.
So very true, all children are artists. They possess the creative imagination and innocence that are lost later in life. I wish the arts were taken more seriously in children’s education. They are an uplifting quality that is lost in the rat race of life.
I remember having an etch-a-sketch as a child, but I didn’t create anything that elaborate. Perhaps I wasn’t patient enough.
YES! So absolutely true.
“an artist is a child
who sees the beauty and potential
in everything that surrounds”
And we all are a child at heart.. 🙂
You are right.. and maybe the best of artisans has an artist within.
Wonderful! The child is indeed the artist who draws, colors with abandon ignoring the lines….the wonderful totally free imagination. I always think of toddlers with those big thick crayons putting their whole arm, sometimes their whole bodies into the coloring with abandon on a blank piece of newsprint! 🙂 You’ve got this one! 😉