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	<description>Art as the fundamental building block in life + loving nature &#038; connecting to the little things that make us human</description>
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		<title>Common Blindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever and whatever we take for granted, we become blind to it.
We cannot grow and learn from what we are blind to, especially when we do not even realize this blindness.
Any system of belief blinds.
Thus art is meaningful. It makes us see what most do not.
So is it thus coincidental, that the figurative and illustrative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Tree Grew from A Seed</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(The title is itself a problematic analogy that I will not discuss much in this post)
It is very important that we recall how we became whatever we are today.
Every good &#8216;product&#8217; came from something foolish, it came from something small, it went through prolonged process of &#8216;playing&#8217;, it is a result of linking countless play that had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Problem in Getting Students to Draw, and Possible Solution</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a response to what Wyona posted to me as question. I thought it is a valuable experience to share with all.
Hi Wyona,
Thanks for writing. I would love to see how I could help.
Below mentioned is just a possible scenario. The difficulty is in the execution, which I will pull examples from my various [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Essential Qualities to Develop in Children</title>
		<link>http://www.mylittlemusic.net/?p=247</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[5 Mins Tip]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I will just briefly list them down first for your reference. I promise to elaborate on them further and relate them to how art facilitates such developments.

10 essential qualities to develop in children

independence
confidence and tenacity
courageous and responsible
ability to communicate and socialize
ability to manage assets and finances
self motivated and ability to self learn
creative and innovative 
ability to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Lessons the Arts Teach By Elliot Eisner</title>
		<link>http://www.mylittlemusic.net/?p=245</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 14:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Lessons the Arts Teach
By Elliot Eisner

The arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships. Unlike much of the curriculum in which correct answers and rules prevail, in the arts, it is judgment rather than rules that prevail.
The arts teach children that problems can have more than one solution and that questions can have more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sketch by YaoJu</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doodles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Notes for the Parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What we have here is a lively study made on a couple of bottles by YaoJu.It has a strong sense of presence in the sketch, a nice variation of strokes and shading to depict the subject and a good overall treatment of atmosphere.While most people are concerned about the neatness of the work, and use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting in Gouche by Helene</title>
		<link>http://www.mylittlemusic.net/?p=239</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 14:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tien</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Doodles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it a wonderful painting by Helene?She was given a short demo on how to mix the greens based on yellows and blue (because she was not given any green to work from intentionally). Thereafter she was pretty much on her own.The short demo looked like this:As you can see, it bares no resemblance on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>having a ball painting with watercolor</title>
		<link>http://www.mylittlemusic.net/?p=236</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kids have started painting with watercolor for some time.
I decided that with exam and tests looming on the calendar, let&#8217;s not stress ourselves any further. So on Saturday&#8217;s workshop, we went loose on watercolor. Pretty much letting watercolor paint itself.
Sounds easy, until you find our control freak nature begins fighting ourselves.
None-the-less, Tong, YiDa and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Yida</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yida made it to the Art Elective Program in Hwa Chong Institution.Very happy for him.Recently he got started on watercolor.It isn&#8217;t exactly the simplest of mediums to work on. Hence he has been experiencing some tough times. He is none-the-less making progress.After all, as I always say, doing art here is really not about getting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helene Again</title>
		<link>http://www.mylittlemusic.net/?p=228</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can&#8217;t help but want to applaud Helene again. 



This was how our conversation before the start went:
&#8220;Did you shifted the figures?&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah. Else I can&#8217;t see them. How am I suppose to draw?&#8221;
&#8220;Hmm. You draw what you see.&#8221;
&#8220;But I can&#8217;t see the face.&#8221;
&#8220;Right. Let&#8217;s see what it may look like from here &#8230;&#8230; hmmm &#8230;.(silence)  &#8230; [...]]]></description>
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