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Art is in the eye of the beholder…..

As my daughters were growing up…I encouraged them to be creative…..

I homeschooled my older daughter when the public school system was limiting the level of books she wanted to read…..

She was a voracious reader…she was reading way above her grade-level…..

And…she wanted to read “Secret Garden” and “White Fang” long before the “appropriate” grade level…..

I figured she shouldn’t be inhibited…..

…..so I started homeschooling…..

My daughter recently reminded me…that one of my “classes” was for her to develop her own artwork in the medium & style of the artist she was studying…..

…..Monet…Picasso…Degas………….what little girl doesn’t want to paint ballerinas?…..

I thought my contrived class was pretty cool…(I wish my teachers had offered something like that)…..

I wanted to homeschool both my girls…but my younger daughter needed more specialized teaching than I could offer…..

…..so off my youngest went to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in St. Augustine, Florida…..

Sending her off for an entire week at a time was really hard…but I believe she benefited greatly from FSDB…..

…..It’s a Great School…..

So while my older daughter was flicking paint flecks all over the canvas (a la Monet)…my younger daughter was making some tremendously unique (yet serviceable) clay-creations at FSDB…..

I just discovered a multi-colored/decorated paper towel tube hanging happily in a corner from when my older daughter was four…..

…..like the title says…Art Takes Many Forms…..

I have hanging grapevines painted in stars and clouds…..

…..cypress knees painted like prima ballerinas…..

…..clay-oddities that leave you scratching your head…and mobiles made from discarded cutlery……

I don’t ask questions…I just display them…..

My older daughter has gravitated towards oils and acrylics these days…my younger daughter and I are soon going to launch into a candle making project…..

Some people see things discarded at a dump…as garbage…..

…..we see it as potential art…(after they’re hosed down thoroughly and run through a bleach wash)…..

…..(rinse…lather…and repeat)…..

 

 

 

 

 

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