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<\/a>By Terryl Lawrence, Ed.D.<\/p><\/div>\n
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Is there anyone amongst us who does not love picture books? I don’t think so. When I select a biography or history book, I always check to see if it comes with photographs so that I can put faces to the characters I will be reading about. These images bring life into the prose and serve as better introductions to the text. I believe that we are all captivated by images.<\/p>\n
I am willing to bet that everyone has memories, as I do, of favorite pictures from our childhood. Two books that really enchanted me visually and storywise were The Secret Garden<\/em> and Wee Fishy One<\/em>. Virginia Wolfe wrote of having \u201cA Room of One\u2019s Own\u201d – or what can otherwise be referred to as our secret garden. It should be a place where we can share our private thoughts with ourselves – a place to think, to paint, to write, and to dream.\u00a0 When The Secret Garden<\/em> was adapted to film, it lost nothing in translation – the garden, the secrets, the one key to unlock the door – have stayed with me and helped me to discover my own sacred place.<\/p>\n Wee Fishy One<\/em> is no longer in print and is, thus, unavailable to scores of youngsters although it should be. It was a very small book – perfect for little hands to hold onto. Its story was brief and delightful –\u00a0 it introduced me to a very special and unique little fish. Each page sparkled with tiny and colorful plastic bubbles that I loved running my fingers over putting me in contact with that pretty, bumpy fish. I can still remember how that felt, and when I close my eyes, the sensation is still with me. These tactile sensations made my life more joyful.<\/p>\n All of this brings me to tell you that I carefully select images for my talks which I hope will bring pleasure to everyone. \u201cAmerican Art in the USA\u201d is a series of visual collages and tales about happenings in our great country.\u00a0 I hope these words and pictures will inspire happiness, bring back special moments, and create new ones to savor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Terryl Lawrence, Ed.D. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1678,"featured_media":969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=968"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":989,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/968\/revisions\/989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.fau.edu\/lifelongexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/u><\/strong>Art in the U.S.A. – American Art: A Visual Feast
\n<\/em>Fridays, October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 17, December\u00a0 1, 8, 15, 2017, 11:15 a.m. \u2013 12:45 p.m.
\nPlease note: No class on November 10, 24, 2017
\n<\/strong>(Full 8 weeks or last 4 weeks option available)
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