In reading about Tim Rollins and K.O.S. I am inspired. His approach to creation and education is akin to my own. I firmly believe that everyone has a great creative potential within themselves, and that when given the opportunity to follow their individual path, will contribute great things to the world. Teachers are key in either fostering the growth of this creativity or crushing it. Unfortunately, as the education system currently exists in the United States, students are being crushed more often than not.  In many of the classes I teach students wait for me to tell them what to do and what to make because this is the relationship they are used to in their other classes.  It often takes a couple of projects for students to get comfortable in creating something uniquely their own.  They want to know how to do it "right." Now, I can give them tips as far as techniques are concerned so that their sculptures don't fall apart, but I will not tell them what their sculpture should be or look like. The following are some things that I wrote down while reading "Tim Rollins + K.O.S. A History" that I thought particularly pertinent to myself.


RECOGNIZE THE CREATIVE GLIMMER IN OTHERS.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T!

PROPEL PEOPLE TO GROW AND TO LEARN TO TRUST THEMSELVES.

SIGN POST POTENTIAL PATHS FOR DISCOVERY, ACTION, AND AGENCY.

"Making art became a process of transforming their experiences by revealing their capacity to remake their own destiny." 
-James Romaine p.42

SURVIVE - NOT JUST PHYSICALLY, BUT SPIRITUALLY!

MAKE SOMETHING THAT SURVIVES BEYOND YOU AND HAS AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD!

MAKE YOUR OWN HISTORY!

Use art objects as "vehicles for creating a more beautiful life and a more beautiful world." - James Romaine p.42

PEOPLE ARE NOT DETERMINED BY THEIR ENVIRONMENT, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT TO BE INFLUENCED BY WHAT IS AROUND THEM AND HOW IT WILL INFLUENCE THEM.