Thoughts...
It seems that we’re all finding ourselves slightly more aware of our lobe actions these days! Sunday evening I was preparing for a new Art 7 course and working on our first assignment in contour drawing and coloring. I was trotting along having a good time when my hubby came in and stated “Do you have any idea what time it is?” I had told him an hour and a half earlier that I was going to begin supper shortly, but I found myself lost in the process of drawing.
In ch 3, Edwards discuses that “educators are increasingly concerned with the importance of intuitive and creative thought” but states that “nevertheless, school systems in general are skill structured in the left-hemisphere mode”. I’ve found in the last few conversations I’ve had both with educators and with parents of students that they both feel this concern for developing the creative process and are worried about what effect the cuts of the arts will have within our students success in the future. Has there been a time when the creative arts were thriving in the educational system or at least in some school settings? It might be interesting to look at the knowledge held by students enriched in the arts comparative to students with little or no access….