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"All great art is a visual form of prayer." Sister Wendy Beckett
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In his poem "In My Craft or Sullen Art" Dylan Thomas spoke in a poem about why he wrote poetry:
In my craft or sullen art / Exercised in the still night / I labour by singing light / Not for ambition or bread / Or the strut and trade of charms / On the ivory stages / But for the common wages / Of (the) most secret heart.
In recognizing the achievements of individual students by awarding prizes and honors chan luu sale, do we encourage our students to seek our recognition as an end in itself? Do we risk fixing them as winners and losers, talented or not, with our labels? Do we teach them to believe that our judgments of their art are correct Microsoft office 2010 product key, allimportant, decisive victoria secret swimwear, and final? Should we watch for the measure of selfcongratulation implicit in so many prizes vanessa bruno, as if student achievements were our own?
Most artists "labor. for the common wages chan luu. of (the) most secret heart tiffany blue nikes." It's usually why they make art in the first place microsoft office 2007 product key. Granted, it is difficult to recognize excellence in the most secret heart, but would we award prizes to a "visual prayer?" We should celebrate and admire not just talent, but will and persistence ergo baby carrier, the hard stretching of oneself, inwardly as well as outwardly chan luu bracelets. And we should remind our students that truest reward of making art is to continue to make it, and through making it "to discover truth and to grow in knowledge," without expectation of reward.Related：