Right-Brain vs Left-Brain…
As long as I can remember art has been a part of my life. My favorite subject to draw as a young boy was sailing ships… from giant Clipper’s to Pirate ships. AARRRGGGHHH!
I was one of the few people in high school who took art class seriously and didn’t consider it a crypt course. I was fortunate enough to have a great art teacher, Blanche Johnson, who really worked with those who were serious about art. Unfortunately, growing up in the 70’s where left brain thinkers seemed to rule… us right brainers were many times told… “Oh that’s a pretty picture… but you have to get a real job if you want to eat”. As a grown up I now realize I was caving into false teachings and letting someone else tell me what to dream. Today, thank goodness, there is a shift… the right brain revenge per say… logical and precise, left-brain thinking gave us the Information Age… now comes the Conceptual Age - ruled by artistry, empathy, and emotion. With all that said… I think the Right-Brain vs the Left-Brain needs to give way to a new order of Whole-Brained thinkers out there. For that to begin… schools need to give equal weight to the arts, creativity, and the skills of imagination and synthesis.
Balance and Harmony are fruits of the Whole-Brained thinker. I welcome your thoughts on this subject.
In Faith, Bernie
Bernie, love your site. Appreciate your work very much. About the "right brain vs left brain," I agree. It is what comes from the heart, for me. When I was young and loved to paint, I didn’t realize, at the time, that it was a release of the "inner" me. I suffered from dyslexia (undiagnosed at that time) and my parents thought I was just slow and probably wouldn’t make it in art school. That only moved me to paint with a vengence to release all that I knew was in me, irregardless of what someone else said I was or could be. It was theraputic (and some were actually good). Now, I need to get back to painting again for the pure love of it - "heart expressions" I call them. jj