Dallas Museum of Art Visit
I didn’t have access to a lot of knowledge about art before my college days. From classes and classmates there, I was introduced to what many have access to from birth. And it didn’t take much for me to fall in love with art. Marc Chagall has become one of my favorite artists. Recently, Jackson Pollock has attracted my attention because his work is so unique. A local artist I am fond of is Karen Garrett ( http://www.karengarrettartist.com/index.htm ). Because of some friends of mine on line, I am discovering a passion for artists from The Netherlands. Abbey is particularlly fond of Japanese art and has drawn my attention to it.
Last weekend Mat and Abbey explored the Dallas Museum of Art.
The exhibit of focus was “All the World’s A Stage” about all kinds of performers of all kinds of performance art from around the world. The Contemporary Ballet of Dallas also performed. (http://www.schoolofcbd.com/index.html) It is more of a modern form than traditional. For example they performed dances to Jason Miraz’s “I’m Yours” and the Indigo Girl’s “Virginia Woolf” as well as a piece about women fighting breast cancer. It was amazing.
I am hoping that my children won’t know a time when they were not introduced to great art, literature, theater, and music. I am trying to offer them as many experiences as possible that will help them grow to their full potential. I want them to see more than their own views and needs. I want them to be strong, open minded, and open hearted. I want them to be problem solvers and creative thinkers who “think outside the box”. I believe quality art, of any kind, urges us toward that. It is harder to ignore the visions, dreams, and ideas of others when someone is brave enough to conceptualize them in art. Exposure to that, begining during childhood, makes us more open to diverse and wonderful people, their hearts, passions, and ideas that we might have missed or ignored before.
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