What+we+learn+from+the+Arts

1. How to form an opinion and express a viewpoint in creative ways.

2. That commitment to a project makes you feel great about yourself.

3. How to be an individual within an ensemble.

4. That practice makes better.

5. Greater compassion and sense of global community.

6. Active is better than passive.

7. How stories and their interpretation are an integral part of the human experience.

8. How to be heard.

9. How to listen.

10. That people think in different ways.

11. That one can find beauty in the tiniest moment.

12. How to say what you think and think what you say.

13. That actions have consequences.

14. That singing, acting, and dancing are a great way to make lifelong friends.

15. That training gives our work integrity and letting go makes it art.