Friday, November 9, 2012

Its Beautiful Out There

The more time I spend teaching art, the more I have begun to notice that everyone sees the world differently. Something that is beautiful to me may be hideous to you, and vice versa. This could possibly mean that everything is beautiful, its just our opinions that determine exactly how beautiful.

Very often in class, children come up to my desk, full of pride and happiness, wanting to show me their art picture. Sometimes when  I look, I see dull colours and barely recognizable shapes. So I ask the child what they have drawn. The child launches into a detailed story of all the wonderful things that are happening on their page. To them, what they have drawn and what their eye perceives is beautiful. How can I argue with that?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
You just have to open your eyes, and your mind will follow. Its beautiful out there :)