Every Child is an Artist
December 6, 2007
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
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December 6, 2007 at 11:42 PM
Never agreed with this one. Put in my time in a parent time shared preschool type arrangement and it kind of put the lie to this sentiment. Like any other ability, artistic varies dramatically among individuals.
Pablo says it because he is committing the error of thinking that because it comes so easily to him it must be child’s play but he was one in a million, actually more like one in a few billions.
December 7, 2007 at 3:10 AM
Now that you mention it, AOS, you make more sense here than Picasso does. For it does seem to me that some kids don’t have much talent for art — just as some kids don’t have much talent for sports.
Maybe the only way for Picasso’s statement to be true is if you define “artist” in the broadest terms to include as many kinds of art as possible.
December 8, 2007 at 1:07 AM
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
If what Picasso meant by his statement was that every child has an individual creativity. And if that creativity is discouraged or criticized because it does not fit acceptable norms; that it will becomes difficult to remain creative or artistic through out life…then I agree with Picasso…
December 8, 2007 at 9:39 AM
Well said, Poetman! I strongly agree with you there.
December 8, 2007 at 1:32 PM
I even wonder about that…if it is a true ability, it will out. If you are really creative, you will be, no matter what the circumstances. In fact, it might be that the manner of your response to accepted norms might be a measure of creativeness. Working within the frame and all that.
There is no downside to abilities or capacities being special. It just gives us more reasons to appreciate each other. Art is a dialogue and someone needs to be the one who listens or we’ll just have a jostling crowd of talkers. (If I was more creative I might have come up with a better last line there, but I think you get the gist).
December 13, 2007 at 6:54 AM
AOS: “… that creativity is discouraged or criticized because it does not fit acceptable norms, …”
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This is all too often the case. — – As a Norwegian newspaper columnist said, back in 2004 (which in terms of climate change awareness is about 40 years ago): “Manmade climate change cannot be an issue f0r amateur authors of fiction to delve into; it must remain exclusively a topic for good natural science to explain.” Now, I’m not going to mention any names here, but brag about the fact that I had only just delivered a manuscript which took on climate change as the underlying social dilemma of a story about two men and a woman who tried desperately to make sense of it all … to no avail, but okay, at least they tried …
“They say that I cause extensive
Pshycological nerve damage to the brain when I go to lenghts this,
Far at other people’s expenses
I say your all just too god damn sensitive
It’s censorship
And it’s down right blasphomous
Listen to shit now cause I won’t stand for this.”
- Eminem (2004)
December 13, 2007 at 7:01 PM
Hi Magne! Welcome to the blog! Good points! When we squash creativity, we squash diversity, and diversity is one of the strengths of our species, methinks.