Children are afraid of them, even though they cannot justifiably explain their fear, perceiving bugs and insects as ugly predators more dangerous than the largest animals. Older age does not pay significant attention to their presence in the ecosystem, nor does it consider them important precisely because of their miniature dimensions.
We forget the former magic of summer nights in which the dance was performed by scrolls, while the glittering interweaving of the air and the flicker of the flight of the dragonfly made the day bluer. We spend less and less time in nature, our feet have forgotten the beneficial touches of grass, and our ears have heard silence.
With this topic, we encourage the youngest participants to get to know the beauty of the world of harmless tiny creatures by getting to know the impeccably harmonious and arranged systems, fantastic shapes, vividness of color hidden in the grass and leaves.
Older participants can use the theme by actively exploring nature, photography, history, artists and creatively expressing their skills with unusual techniques, graphics, textures, contrasts, coloristic relationships or building meditative expressions of buzzing space, noise of movement, reducing forms to minimalist relationships or, like Juan Miró. by imagination creating surreal scenes.
Perhaps, just as your little works are being created, you will discover the rock music of the legendary "bugs", the English group The Beatles, or find out why the scarab was a sacred beetle for the Ancient Egyptians.
My students are participating in the international children's exhibition of small format Minirestart.
We learn something new in each work! We listened to the songs of the legendary group The Beatles and the story of the scarab.The kids were a creative mara beetle, a hardworking bee, a stupid bug!
This art competition also stimulates various aspects of learning and cognition, versatility and love for nature, but, above all, listen to yourself - listen to your bugs!
awsom dear