PEDAGOGY THROUGH ART

 Art Integration In Education ,the theme of

the annual magazine ,  QUEST  of a reputed  school explicitly  redefines  education with the integration of Art and enumerates the nitty - gritties  of how every discipline and stream can inculcate it  . Indeed the concept unravells  a plethora of infinite possibilities that could transform  lives and in turn society and the world at large.
Besides finding it to be a radical and revitalising initiative , it set me pondering on the wonders and miracles that Art in all its form provides. It energises , enhances and sustains life impregnating the pursuers with its infectious buoyancy, ingenuity and alacrity . So one can imagine the metamorphosis it can extend to its beneficiaries when it is amalgamated with Education .
For me the most beautiful image that art conjures up is the SMILE that it brings to the pursuer as well as the onlooker/listener . When one listens to a melodious song  , reads a good poet/ writer,  is witness to a dancer's graceful gyration or even the performance of a Juggler , a magician , or the canvas of a  painter  it brings a smile , a sense of gratification and awe . ...the audio- visual effect is enchanting .
What is most gratifying to note is the vibrance and  contentment on the performer's countenance which suggests how totally absorbed the artist is in his ,/ her Art form and firmly believes that he/she is giving his best to the form .
That explains how Art gives soul to Life dispelling all negativity and the layers of complexities that  enmesh and captivate us .From being  bonded slaves of our own manufactured personalities art liberates us from our own captivity and it is then that our core inner selves are manifested . And this to me is Godliness , is meditation when we can connect with The Divine and feel at peace .This is bliss.

Art can transform human beings to better improvised  , modified , higher  , loftier and happier forms of themselves .One can imagine how beautiful the world would be then.
This is not wishful or utopian thinking .It can happen specially  when art is promoted in the  nascent and fundamental stages of life it can germinate and blossom a whole  new generation of right - thinking , balanced  empathetic  , cultured , less self-absorbed , less flawed  mortals with a promising progeny .
That would be truly serving and deifying  Lord Natraj who symbolises the merging of religion , art  and science into One !
Just hope  this constructive enterprise is  imbibed and followed by more temples of  education and knowledge disseminators
This  can certainly facilitate holistic education in the true sense of the term which can  revivify , restructure and reorient  the endangered planet with its inmates.
Huge round of applause to the insightful  initiators and brain-stormers of the project....may their endeavour be fruitful.


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