Blog — Paideia Academics

Day 27: Project 2 ~ First Steps in Drawing

For the last 6 days of our 31 Days of Playing with the Arts series we are publishing a different project each day. Each of these projects will help you get started in one particular art or will help you to generally engage in the creative process. The posts will be short, because we want you to ... Read More

Day 26: Project 1 ~ Slow Down & See

Day 25: Playing with Music an Interview with John Hodges

Today we have the great privilege of learning how to listen to music from conductor, lecturer, composer, and writer Mr. John Hodges. For 26 years Mr. Hodges was Music Director for various orchestras after finishing graduate studies in music at Indiana University in 1983. ... Read More

Day 24: Playing with Cooking

“Just as it is good to get one’s fingers into the soil and plant seeds, so it is good to get one’s fingers, and fists into bread dough to knead and to punch it.” – Edith Schaeffer Yesterday my friend Lisa talked about the art of food as a way of health healing for the body. Today I want to talk ... Read More

Day 23: Playing with Food as Art ~ by Lisa Lubanovic

Cookery as an Art Form, by Lisa Lubanovic Playing with food has always been an interest I have had. Beginning around age four, I would beg my mom to let me create dishes for her to sample. We played a game where she would eat any dish I would prepare. Unfortunately, after I realized her excessive ... Read More

Day 22: Playing with the Art of Environment

The Art Environment “we are an art form, whether we think of it or not, and whether we do anything about it or not. We are an environment, each one of us. We are an environment for the other people with whom we live, the people with whom we work, the people with whom we communicate. And in ... Read More

Day 21: Playing with the Digital Arts: Photography

Playing with the Digital Art: PhotographyI do not feel like I am the best person to be writing this, but I wanted to give some attention to the digital arts, especially photography to the best of my ability. I know there is not a chapter about these arts in the book Hidden Art, but during Mrs. ... Read More

Day 20: Playing with Theater ~ The Art of Acting & Storytelling

“I maintain that the craft of acting always has some element of communication as part of its purpose in any given instance. I am not speaking of an objective communication, but a highly subjective communication which deals in those regions of our humanity that are best shown and felt rather than ... Read More

Day 19: Playing with Speaking & Rhetoric

“That is just rhetoric!” someone shouted as a speaker made his final statement while another shouted “I am not falling for that!” Are statements like these the perception and effects of rhetoric? There are many who view rhetoric as the act of persuading others and not in a good way either. In our ... Read More