The article, "Rube Goldberg-Inspired Drawings of How Art is Made," by Thomas A. Oakley, really made me think. When he stated that art is learned behavior like anything else and it is not something a person is born with, I was intrigued. Ever since I was a young girl in elementary school, I blamed my lack of artistic ability on not being born with the artistic gene. I guess you could call this a "cop-out." While reading the article, I understood why art is a learned behavior, especially with the Rube Goldberg examples.
Rube Goldberg machines are extremely complex and after reading this article, I consider them as a piece of art. In my high school Physics class, my group and I had to create a Rube Goldberg machine that threw a basket into a basketball hoop. It took us more than a month to create this wonderful work of art that accomplish such a task as shooting a ball into a net.
Putting different things together to create something completely different is art. I never thought this before and now I realize that not only did I have a Physics lesson, I had an art lesson as well. Creating this certain machine tapped into my artistic side and let it shine through. It must have, because my team's machine made the most amount of baskets in two minutes giving us ten bonus points on our final grade!
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Andrea...art can take many shapes, not just drawing or painting. I never met a kid who wasn't good at some aspect of my art curriculum...maybe your art teacher didn't recognize your Rube-like abilities! Their loss, but I'm happy to know that you are more comfortable creating and that will make your students more comfortable too!
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