Literacy in Art

There are many, many different forms of art. Some art is simply beautiful and means nothing, while others are symbolic or may even tell a story. The most amazing thing about art is to one person it can mean one thing and to another it can be interpreted entirely differently.

For some people, a painting and any piece of art can tell an entire story. It's like the phrase, "A picture is worth a thousand words". Sometime there are stories, feelings, etc that are difficult or impossible to portray in verbal or written language but can be displayed beautifully in a painting. The phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" is particularly true for visual learners and I'm sure you can see why. Visual learners learn best through seeing and doing rather than through other forms of communication. For visual learners, it may be easiest an most efficient for them to display their ideas through art. We have all heard stories of famous artists who were not considered particularly intelligent, however, their real ideas and "stories" were magnificent in their pieces of art. This goes to show the different learning styles and abilities of people that should never go unnoticed.