Art is magic

In the opening pages of our reading Pablo Picasso is paraphrased as saying art is magic. I can say that statement sort of blew me away. Four weeks ago I would have looked at that statement and felt and though something entirely different then the way I see it now.
This class now skews Picasso’s statement to me, because art really can’t be truly explained better than magic at this point in human understanding. Science can currently track brain waves and give some explanation to its function, but can only make observation about higher-brain function like creativity.
So really, not much has change since Picasso made his statement. Altered States states on Page 93, “The mystery of creativity is this gap between the medium and the message.” If we combine the idea of creativity and art, what more can we say at this point other then it is magic.
In my mind it isn’t hard for me to believe children utilitize creativity better than adults. Childhood is a time in which innovation is on overdrive. Everything is new. I remember the excitement I used to have just going to the grocery store in particular. There was just so much to see, I wanted to go there so bad my mom used the privilege as leverage against me.
The book states, “children travel easily between what might be an what is, slipping from reality to fantasy without difficulty, self consciousness, or embarrassment.”
So a combination of constant innovation along with a relax attitude toward shifting reality makes sense to me as the optimal conditions for creativity.
As far as children’s relationships with talking animals, I think I didn’t get the memo on that one. I have voices for all three of my dogs and use them daily. The domesticated animal runs things in our house and there isn’t a kid in sight.