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Taking a 7yr old and 5yr old to a museum to see the Dutch masterpieces was an inter-city adventure and a great lesson for me, perhaps for different reasons than you might think! Yes it was loud, fast and chaotic...the whole tour lasted about 45 minutes as they glossed over the classics and found joy in the animals, the naked breasts and of course, running up and down the staircases. But in the few moments that we actually looked and talked about the art, there was gold. Here's a sample of the full blog: 1: Kids don’t care about Rembrandt and maybe we shouldn’t either? "It's only a painting mum. Who cares" I loved this conversation, because, of course that is their first reaction! Why bother looking at this painting when there are things to climb on, run round, and explore in the real world. A great point well made - lets not take the art too seriously! 2: It’s not about the art. They wanted the story behind the art. Why did he paint this? Who is the dead man? Who are the other men? Why are they there? Where are the girls? Why is there no blood dripping? Why are they cutting him open? This is the point of the art. It's not a fact to be learned and repeated, but a way of thinking about ourselves and the world. It's a training ground for asking questions, seeing our humanity reflected and finding out about our past. 3. We all see art through our own perspective 4. We probably shouldn’t look at art for too long To read the full blog, head to paingeeks.community to join our free community or become a Super Geek and access all our videos, workshops and other community resources.

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