http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/general/why-arts-in-education-is-needed/ Simplycharly Blog Thu, 23 Dec 2010 19:33:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/general/why-arts-in-education-is-needed/comment-page-1/#comment-7390 maculate Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:04:16 +0000 http://www.simplycharly.com/blog/?p=15#comment-7390 Probably the greatest gift my parents gave me was access to a huge library, and, in particular, an excellent selection of art and art history books. When I was very, very young I went with my father to a used book store and found Edward Gorey's 'Amphigory'. He didn't think twice about buying it for me, and it became a huge influence in my developing artistic abilities. Of course, he did avoid defining pornography when I inquired about it's inclusion in one of the stories titles :). Probably the greatest gift my parents gave me was access to a huge library, and, in particular, an excellent selection of art and art history books. When I was very, very young I went with my father to a used book store and found Edward Gorey’s ‘Amphigory’. He didn’t think twice about buying it for me, and it became a huge influence in my developing artistic abilities. Of course, he did avoid defining pornography when I inquired about it’s inclusion in one of the stories titles :).

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