You are beautiful

     After watching the Ted Talks video on the learning revolution I was inspired to conjure up some creativity of my own. I do feel we lose creativity as we get older from fear of being wrong. I sometimes don't even like my brother-in-law to read my essays out of fear of being wrong. Does this count as one of these instances? Is literacy a science or an art? I believe it can be a bit of both. There are specific methods used but still room to break rules and express yourself. I saw a lot of raw creativity coming from East Bay Arts. If you want to pursue art you just have to learn the methods for transforming your talent into a career, just like writing or any other skill. I agree that we see more potential in certain skills and knowledge because of how the already educated have shaped our educational system to be. It's crafted in their own image. In an art school there was so much emphasis put on personal expression, but when I came to Chabot things were different. I, myself, am different. I spend most of my time reading and writing when I used to devote myself to sculpting and painting. I wonder how my life would be, how I would be, if I had chosen to pursue art. I know from experience that you can find a balance in education between art and math, science, English, and all that jazz. People don't see art as productive but it's actually good for us. When we create something aesthetically pleasing it's been proven that our body responds to our mind positively. That's promoting health which is productive in my book. Why else do we take PE but to get a career doing something physical? I don't know where I'm going with this besides if you practice art it's good for your health and you can have a career in it, just like P.E. They both have so little priority in our educational system regardless. I guess I can wrap this up by saying that everyone fills a place, like a puzzle, but we try to cram pieces into places they're not suitable for. Everyone needs to follow what they love or are good at or will enjoy.

In school we spread the words "you are beautiful" to every nook and cranny of the world we possibly could through art of varying media. I think this phrase is relevant because everyone is unique and good at something.