Daughter #2 has been taking Art class this year, which for our school is great. Because our school is so small, there are not so many electives that they are able to offer. Mostly they offer the core classes that are needed for kids to go on to further their education. Electives are a luxury. This year Daughter #2 is able to take Art class.... when she came home the first week I asked her how it was going and she was quite dismayed that they were drawing squiggles. So I told her that she needed to draw the best squiggles that she could and to put some imagination into her squiggles. But I had to admit that it wasn't the best start for Art class. Daughter #2 is very artistic. She has been drawing since she was 4 years old and by the time she was 6 she was able to draw a pretty good rendition of my spinning wheel.... my saxony.... By the time she was 10 she was drawing very recognizable portraits.... by the time she was 12 she was drawing monsters and relatively scary creatures as well as other magical creatures. Her ability to draw from her imagination is awesome. She's way better than I was at that age... and then last spring she won an award for art and creativity in school. I missed her getting it because I was in Olds. Still, I was very proud of her.
But as I was saying... squiggles... were not what she was hoping for from an Art class. High school you see, in a small town does not always have teachers with the right credentials to teach the electives.... so they make do. I have more artistic know-how in my big toe than does the art teacher.... but they have curriculum.... This week was better for Daughter #2. She came home yesterday afternoon with a smile on her face.... "guess what Mom, we have to draw monsters and give them a personality!" Well considering that she has been drawing monsters for two years, this was great. She has drawn some acid spewing, bat winged, fanged, weird thing..... and she is in her hay day! I wish she was drawing portraits..... but then monsters are not my thing.... but she's in to it... ever since she watched Lord Of The Rings. (She liked the Ents too.) But obviously she's enjoying Art a little more.
It's funny how creativity is different for everyone. One person's idea of a creative outlet is different for someone else. Daughter #2 is into monsters and magical/mythical beings... I love to paint and draw birds, flowers and trees. Daughter #1 likes to draw squiggles and small repetitive patterns. Teapot couldn't be bothered to create anything.... he's quite content with his world the way it is. (Though he does like to photograph the world around him.) As a matter of a fact, he hates when I ask him to do anything involving creating something... especially wood. He groans quite often! Mind you he does kind of enjoy tying flies.. for fishing...too.. I guess he does do some create things.
I get such a feeling of accomplishment when I finish creating something. I feel tickled when I finish a poem, or when I have a yarn that's just plain awesome.. or if I finish a painting and look at it with pride.
That's why I look at a sunrise like the one I viewed this morning and I simply just have to say Wow!
I'm so glad to live in a world where creativity is such a freeing act. I wish I could be God.... just for an hour and create something like a sunrise....
Pat on the back?!!!... yeah you bet...
Makes my wool look like crap.....
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