Yesterday i went to my town's school art show. It featured art from every grade - from kindergarten thru high school. What i found most exhilirating was the sheer, unadulterated creativity and imagination of these young artists. There were no standard fruit or floral still lifes. There were no common puffy-cloud landscapes.
No, it was a variety of monsters, pop culture icons, odd-looking people doing weird things, and perfectly personal abstracts. It was great! Refreshing, powerful and interesting all at the same time. These kids have vision, their own unique imaginative scenarios, and they create them. They were not concerned with marketing, or with consumer-driven topics. They see the world their way. They are free! Free to create, unabashedly.
It made me realize that young artists have so much to contribute. Keep doing what you are doing, with all your emotion and heart. You may teach us older artists a thing or two.
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