Mixing it up

Mrs. Reinert and I had an opportunity to collaborate with Mrs. Nelan recently as we connected Kafka's Metamorphosis and the Surrealist movement in art. We discussed how thought processes are similar as we create, approach and make meaning in both literature and art.

We also found some more modern adaptations of Surrealism and discussed that cultural literacy is essential to understand the fullness of meaning in art and society.

Thanks Mrs. Nelan for giving us an opportunity to meet some new students and also see some of our past and present art students in a new context.  It's always good to see how the different things that occur in school eventually merge and become part of a more fluid and bigger context.

Trivia

I'm excited today because I just looked at the data page that states where the people who visit this blog come from. This page has had now had at least 6 visitors from Germany and Russia! I love the fact that we can put this work out into the world and share the excitement that comes with creating new things.  So, dear students, if your work has been exhibited on this site, you can now say that your work has been viewed internationally!

So, although this is an older piece done by a student a few years ago, it is a visual that echoes how I feel today.  It blows my mind that people from all over the world would take the time to view the work of some talented students in a small high school in the United States. Thank you for your support.