ART LANGUAGE AND APPLICATION

The role of the artist throughout history has been often defined as ‘visionary’, a medium of sorts, capable of bringing to life the spaces which are rarely seen and experienced. An artists’ ability to capture essences of worlds unknown, to connect or make visible the invisible realities, to captivate and inspire methods of activism have granted many individuals the opportunity to live a life filled with possibilities unimagined. The same can be said about educators. Both artist and educator exist in systems of analysis; systems that require active observation and engage in processes that seek to provide transformative possibilities. Our role as educators is to inspire greater meaning-making. We are to be visionaries and in turn, create visionaries, in hopes that future generations look to alternate possibilities in how they choose to define their role on this planet. Let us look to the past and live out presently the unimagined possibilities, to take a chance to inspire active creative change.