Kirsten Kreiling | Artist to Artist, In the Know, Reflection & Growth | February 3, 2020
Why Build Your Art Thinking Muscles? Part 4 This is the 4th and final part of a blog series on How & Why to Build Your Art Thinking Muscles. Building your capacity for “art thinking” is generally a lot of fun. It can be transformational. There are four basic things you need to do to build up the part of your brain that understands the arts. “The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.” WHY the Build Your Art Thinking Muscles The most fulfilling reason to build your art thinking muscles is because of the deeper relationship you will have with all sorts of art forever afterward. Every great artist—and every experienced art appreciator—gets to know art well, like a beloved companion. There are many other reasons to learn about the arts, including: “More important than a work of art itself is what it will sow. Art can die, a painting can disappear. What counts is the seed.” Here’s one article that talks about the value of studying art history—the comments are interesting, as well: https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/teen-blog/renaissance-portrait/blog/studying-art-from-the-past We hope you found value in this series on How & Why to Build Your Art Thinking Muscles. This blog series was drawn from Engage Art’s free Choose Your Own Art-venture eCourse and Workbook.
~ Dr. Albert Einstein
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