{"id":540,"date":"2007-09-23T14:43:19","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T22:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/2007\/09\/23\/picasso-v-20\/"},"modified":"2007-09-23T14:43:19","modified_gmt":"2007-09-23T22:43:19","slug":"picasso-v-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=540","title":{"rendered":"Picasso v. 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

I took Em to this free art class today at the Happy Art Studio. I found out about the free lesson because the instructor is also a fitness instructor at my gym. (Very talented artist AND incredibly fit, as well…yes, you can hate her, too.)<\/p>\n

Anyhow, A. and I dropped Em off, and I am continually amazed at how “old” Em appears to be. She sat right down at the little desk, like she does this sort of thing all the time. Dropping her at a strange school, with a woman she has never met before, and running for the door, it all didn’t seem to phase her in the least.<\/p>\n

When we returned two hours later, the teacher could not stop raving about how talented she is, how well she listens, how detail-oriented she is, and just generally what a great kid she is. Of course I was partly very proud of her, (I do<\/strong><\/em> know she does have some<\/a> artistic<\/a> talent<\/a> in there) but I was also a little, “Whaaaat? Not one sassy moment? You didn’t have to repeat yourself twenty times? No excuses?”<\/p>\n

It is very comforting to know that she is a “good” kid when I send her out on her own, into the world. And I should just be thankful that she is comfortable with me and understand that she needs to test her limits. But, come on<\/em>! Can’t I have just one day<\/strong><\/em> with that “good” kid? No fights. No battles. No questions asked.<\/p>\n

Here is the artwork she worked on today –<\/p>\n

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I was pretty impressed. They were working on basic shapes, mostly circles, ovals and half-circles. I did like the school, they get a lot of individualized attention and she really <\/em>liked it. She said she would rather do art school than soccer (which she has been bugging me about for the past year!).<\/p>\n

But, (there is always a but, right?) it is expensive. So<\/strong><\/em> expensive. So now what do we do? She could be a great artist. I certainly don’t want to squash any talent she might have, or not help it blossom. But I could also buy her a lot<\/strong><\/em> of art supplies for the cost of just a few classes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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