September 3, 2016Cracking Art and the poetry of being a child
The surrounding reality has become a habit for adults, so focused on living in a society where there is no time for anything. Do you remember what the world looked like when you were a child?
When we were kids the world was a discovery and things that now seem small and expected were a great source of joy and wonder. Children are sensitive to the poetry of things and they are able to bring out the beauty from simplicity. A child could stay for hours playing with a pebble or watching with wide eyes the images of a book, pointing the curious finger right and left.
Walking through the streets of a big city and finding a fuchsia giant snail is like finding the little child within us. The animals of Cracking Art zoo, with their bright colors and their simple and immediate forms, are an irresistible attraction for children of all the ages. They are the characters of stories that mum tells before sleeping, those enchanted fairy tales whose origins are lost in myth and legend.
Meeting a wolf at the park entrance or finding a group of colorful frogs in a fountain is like a miracle. The fairy tale can be caught: I can touch it, I can make it a little more real. This is the pedagogical value of art: children through the contact with artworks can learn how to expand the imagination, how to become adults able to change the reality without suffering and how to find a funny aspect in everyday life.
There are a lot of intersections between Cracking Art and the world of childhood and this is a particular aspect that could remember the art of Miró. Miró as well was inspired by the little things: a stain on the wall, a wire, a speck of dust. But if Miró started from the observation of reality in order to fly with fantasy to a parallel world, Cracking Art brings fantasy to everyday life.
One more time Cracking Art exceeds contexts traditionally related to art in order to bring a message of participation. This is appreciated not only by children but also by adults because, as the poet Giovanni Pascoli said, there is a voice within us, a little child that can get in touch with the world in a more authentic way.
