It's hot. No air in school, so we took to the shade and drew trees. I drew students drawing trees.
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As a teacher, I see the full range of work ethic and value choices. Tatum works while Melanie sleeps. I do not judge because everyone is fighting a battle. I provide a safe place for students to create and breathe and sleep and be. I create a non-judgmental space that often accomodates students and adults who feel free to voice thier opinions... which can often be judgmental. We are fighting battles and we are on our own journies of self awareness. Peace.
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Gouache experiment.
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Ebony. Contour Line. 4 minutes.
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Observation while waiting.
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Kierkegaard said we undersand life by looking back, but we must live life forward. On a trip to the Chicago Art Institute with a group of students, I penned the students behind me and then I penned the rapidly moving images I saw through the front window of the bus . I still do not understand life except that perhaps it is full of energy and art and love.
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What happens if you really only look in the mirror, and not at the paper?
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What is your relationship with a Higer Power like? A friend of mine mentioned to me that a Rabbi Friend of his suggested that God likes a good argument. I thought that was funny. The self portrait is G2 .o5 on bristol board with marker for the added color.
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Pencil. Waiting for my daughter to complete her shopping at forever 12... I mean forever 21...
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Henry was 5 when he created this. The color is a result of limited choices in chalk.
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Church sketch
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Observation of people and ideas
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observed in a moment
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Waiting on the outdoor patio at the cheesecake factory.
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When the beautiful waitress bent down to pick up a napkin, I saw this..
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No peaking, and the experience is more valuable than the product.
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He was aggressive.
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Observation
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Observational pencil sketch of bananas.
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We know God has a sense of humor because He says 'be anxious for nothing' and then he gives you kids.
Hello, my name is Dean C. Graf, 
