Tala Tabrizi

Professor Amber Ward

Art 133 pm (85420)
5 November 2015
Unit Paper 5
Eisners (2002) reading informed me about the ten lessons the arts teach. Eisner (2002)
explains the meaning behind art and lets the readers understand that art is not something simple
and only for children art is a form of feeling, expressing oneself through images that have an
impact ones life. During Tuesdays studio, I was able to connect myself to an image and relate to
other students images. As a class, we created a structure of how we wanted to form our images
on the wall by forming a question mark. Eisner (2002) states, art helps children learn what
cannot be said and explain what a work of art makes them feel (p.1). Children learn from art
because, often they are unable to express themselves in writing. Art has helped children all over
the nation when it comes to expressing themselves.
I have learned from art and the big idea of structures and systems that art has many basic
structures and one must learn those structures before moving forward in their artwork. For
example, one must learn to trace before draw, and use scissors before creating a whole project.
There is always a system when performing art. For example, the studio had a system of sound
and lighting. I plan to incorporate systems and structures when working with high school
students because when counseling students there is always a structure of attentive listening,
taking notes, and making the student comfortable and expresses to them that they will reach
whatever goal they want by taking the first steps one at a time.
References
Eisner, E. (2002). The arts and the creation of mind. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.