This is the title of an amazing book I stumbled upon by Keri Smith. Her book has a "learn by doing" approach that fosters non traditional methods of exploration. She encourages you to explore your world as both an artist and scientist and proposes a mission- "To document and observe the world around you. Take notes, collect things you find in your travels, document findings, notice patterns, copy, trace, focus on one thing at a time, record what you are drawn to."
Her prompts are challenging and I intend on incorporating them into the art program in the fall. I have started one of the challenges with a student- we are recording everything we eat or buy for a week. Or so I thought it was a week- she wants to record it for a year! Yikes! I have also given some of the students a handout or 100 Idea's from Keri's website. The challenge is to see how many challenges they can "knock off over the summer." Are YOU up for it???
