The VDA Art Curriculum - Part 1 of 8

The Director's Teas are a semi-regular event in which members of the faculty discuss the unique curriculum and methods employed at VanDamme Academy. VanDamme Academy is a K-8 private school in Aliso Viejo, CA. For more info: www.vandammeacademy.com

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• DT
• 12-04-09
• Pt1

[marcdaddy33]

I love both the visual and written arts... the difference is this, however; with the visual I know immediately whether I like it or not (and why). The written art involves time. I stick to classic literature so as not to waste time reading a terrible book (unless a particular modern fiction piques my interest).

[marcdaddy33]

The Romantic Manifesto by Ayn Rand...  a great book about art.

[AmericanNohbuddy]

Hmm. God forbid kids getting out emotions and ideas through drawing.

[paulk314]

Through all of elementary school I felt *exactly* the same way that you did about visual arts. The most I could feel was "this is pretty", I could never seem to muster the enthusiasm or appreciation that other people somehow seemed to obtain.

Reading a great piece of fiction, though, is a thousand times more rewarding to me than most visual art (unless that visual art does actually embody some abstract idea).

[provisionpainting]

In philosophy class I came up with the answer, "Art is the interpretation of an idea created by the spirit which has been extracted into the oppressed human carcass."

[ObjectivistAesthetic]

Wow! I am impressed.