I want the people who read my blog to be awakening artists, educators, and people who intend to have an impact on the world in all sorts of ways. I want them to be anyone who can benefit from keeping the ideals of art (self-expression, the inherent value of all life, celebration, love) in mind….
I Could Die
This is a work in progress. A spoken word piece recorded with a looper. I would potentially play it on the loop and choreograph to it. It is essentially about how when I feel mortal I feel that any sort of Identity can be a cage. There are so many ways to think and be…
We Don’t Believe in Art Because We Don’t Believe in Love
One of my students responded to a journal prompt about art by saying that art is about love. It was a very basic idea; we make art for the people that we love. We might draw something for a friend or craft something for a crush. I think he was onto something. I think art…
Audience: Suspending Disbelief
As a dancer, I’ve performed in front of many audiences. My former dance professors, an older couple who have danced and taught together for decades, tell me that there is an energy the audience gives off. Each audience gives off a different energy, they say, and the feeling that energy gives you when you perform…
ART is not Just Painting
The following survey is one I gave out to my 8th grade English class at the start of an action research unit in which I introduced concepts of art. The survey was meant to get at their most basic understanding of what art is to them in their lives, and their relationship with it. As…
Learning and Healing with Dance: A Plan to Advocate
The Issue As a recent graduate of an undergraduate BFA program in Interdisciplinary Arts, and a hopeful educator about to start her first year teaching English in the public school system, I am interested in ways in which I can promote and advocate for the arts. For this post in particular (my first on WordPress!)…
Not Just Words 