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Society Needs Artists
“To all who are passionately dedicated to the search for new ‘epiphanies’ of beauty so that through their creative work as artists they may offer these as gifts to the world… Society needs artists, just as it needs scientists, technicians, workers, professional people, witnesses of the faith, teachers, fathers and mothers, who ensure the growth of the person and the development…
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Listen
As light waves travel, absorbed and reflected in constant motion, illuminating our perceptions all around us; so too are sound waves moving among us and through us, engaging and affecting our lives in sympathetic resonance. If we learn to listen, we may be open to hearing with deeper humility, dignity, integrity, clarity, and elegance. –…
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Artist Statement
I am interested in aromas and tastes; the harmony of nature and change; old stories and poetry; mobiles and paintings; melodic dance and cadence rhythms. I vow to be completely arrested by the shared present moment so as to be led by intuition, together. – JC Heisler
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Aim of Education
An essential aim of Education is to provide the pupil with the freedom and safety to process mistakes and misunderstandings without shame. The teacher’s role (in so much as teaching can be practiced) is to share a wholehearted “living experience” (as opposed to inert information) with the pupil so as to guide, encourage, and…
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Be Quiet
98% of teaching is waiting…patiently… …to observe when, how, and why the student becomes socially, emotionally, and psychologically self aware within “This Present Moment of the Art Form”. You will know what to say when you decided to Be Quiet. A “teacher” must be Humble and Articulate enough to be re-made in the Present Moment…
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Must I Write?
“Nothing touches a work of art so little as words of criticism: they always result in more or less fortunate misunderstandings. Things aren’t all so tangible and sayable as people would usually have us believe… You ask whether your verses are any good…. You are looking outside, and that is what you should most avoid…No…