then how is this your story? *CriticalPractice* 21 TREET PROJECTS La Table Ronde 162 West 21 Street NYC, NY 10011
[email protected] www.21stprojects.org On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:52 PM, armando baeza <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of time is all spent on the love of what I do best...Sculpture > > ab > > On Feb 9, 2013, at 10:27 AM, saul ostrow wrote: > > > so you made art for consumption? > > > > *CriticalPractice* > > 21 TREET PROJECTS > > La Table Ronde > > 162 West 21 Street > > NYC, NY 10011 > > > > [email protected] > > www.21stprojects.org > > > > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 1:07 PM, armando baeza <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Story of my life, > >> ab > >> > >> On Feb 9, 2013, at 6:02 AM, William Conger wrote: > >> > >>> All this talk about kids and what and how they learn and whether or not > >> it > >> is > >>> practical is not interesting beyond the level of magazine articles. > Yes, > >> kids > >>> learn differently (see Gardiner's Multiple Intelligences) and yes, > except > >> for > >>> the privileged children the the very rich, they need to find ways to be > >> useful > >>> in society. There are, obviously, many ways to do that. On a forum > like > >> this, > >>> with many artists and other creatives on board, it's not going to be > >> easy to > >>> argue against nurturing kids' imaginations. > >>> > >>> As a youngster who only cared about art I never gave a moment's thought > >> to > >> how I > >>> would survive as an artist or at all when I grew up, despite the > >> consternation, > >>> worry and hand-wringing of Depression-era parents. And I always had a > >> part-time > >>> job from the age of thirteen until college and after college I never > was > >> one > >> day > >>> without a job until age seventy. Even now I work every day and earn > >> money > >> with > >>> my art. Without inheritance I was able to raise a family and live > pretty > >> well > >>> and give my kids debt free educations at top schools. Maybe I was just > >> lucky > >>> yet I do believe people should pay their own ways and, if they need to, > >> earn > >>> whatever is required to do what they want. > >>> > >>> So, it's a blend of following one's own drummer while also being useful > >> to > >>> society that make the most sense in a democratic capitalistic society. > >>> Education curricula and societal ideals should provide for both. > What's > >> more > >>> annoying than a society that degrades imagination and creativity for > the > >> sake of > >>> emphasizing routine job skills? And what's more demoralizing than > people > >> who > >>> think their uniqueness and so-called free-spirit creativity entitles > >> them to > >> be > >>> fully supported on a public dole? > >>> wc > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Sent: Sat, February 9, 2013 3:41:08 AM > >>> Subject: Re: Skills children learn from the arts > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:37 PM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Lew Schwartz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Even more annoying about tripe like this is the presumption that > >> everyone > >>>>> agrees on the same achieve/success/money definition of education. > It's > >>>>> enraging. What happened to personal fulfillment, insight or joy? > >>>>> > >>>> They've become unaffordable luxuries for more and more people in the > >>>> 21st-c. > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> - Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of > >> thing > >>> that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and > >> don't > >>> have time for all that. > >>> > >>> George Carlin
