It might seem like I "must" like the performing arts since one of my daughters is a performing artist but long before she came along I loved the performing arts and actually I am grateful for them. I am grateful for the opportunity it provides people (kids and adults alike) to use their imaginations, to interact in ways that are entertaining, to be able to operate in areas of giftedness. I am grateful for schools that continue to see the value in keeping performing arts as part of their curriculum. Too many schools have removed it from their school because of cost and because some schools have become short-sighted and don't understand the value of raising and educating a well-rounded human. (I wrote about this a while back, click here for that blog.) I am grateful to watch kids, one of them being my own, bloom into an artist. Tonight was my daughter's school Showcase (replaced the Talent Show) and we got to see dancers, singers, a magic act, a short skit, guitar players, piano players, etc. It was great. I felt so grateful that these kids have all been encouraged to engage in things that didn't involve a computer and/or any other sort of electronic. They are encouraged to self-express through their interests. It's a beautiful thing.
"We realized that the important thing was not the film itself but that which the film provoked." Fernando Solanas
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