Today, I will continue my attempt to describe the doctrines that make up my teaching practice. Links to previous posts on the same topic can be found here. I am inspired by Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, translated by Barbara Stoler Miller, so I am writing in epigrammatic fashion, and this is going to take awhile, if not forever. In the meantime, Teaching Artists are invited to comment below, or, if you feel compelled, please send an email with suggestions. That would be nice.
V. Learning Experiences
In a workshop where the arts are purposefully integrated, understanding can arise through various forms of inquiry, reflection, enjoyment and practice.
Beyond this is a workshop where the teacher and student are engaged in a shared process of discovery.
For teachers and students who are curious, but still enmeshed in a workshop without art, understanding is limited by a reliance on the phenomenal world.
For others, understanding follows from inspiration, imagination, conjecture, experimentation, and performance.
For teaching artists with a lesson plan, understanding arises by design.
Higher than this is a workshop where the student is curious, questioning and self-directed.
Also: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Mustt Mustt
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