I never thought that a small point could affect a child's life.
The empty art classroom was full of tables and chairs. All the students had left, leaving only Vashti sitting alone, with her arms around the back of the chair, her little eyebrows raised, full of worries. Appearance. There is a blank piece of paper and pen on the table behind you. It turned out that she didn't draw anything in this class.
Then, a thin female teacher with wavy curly hair sticking up in the air came over and bent down to look at the white paper. "Ah! A polar bear in a snowstorm," she said. I laughed to myself after reading this: "This teacher really knows how to talk nonsense!" But after thinking about it, I realized it makes sense. Who said that the white on the drawing paper is not the fat belly of a polar bear? The hairy ears of a polar bear? Who says it's not a walking polar bear? But this sentence did not comfort Vashti at all, and made her even more depressed: "I just can't draw!" "Then just draw a stroke and see what you can draw." The teacher said gently. At this point in the story, the pictures are all cool colors of gray, green and light blue. And when Vashti grabbed the pen, stamped it hard on the paper and said: "It's over!" Looking at the picture at this time, from Vashti's body to the table, there was a rapidly rotating red stroke, indicating that Vashti was I was venting my anger at that time.
To ordinary people, this picture is just a dot poked by a child playing tantrums, but the teacher picked up the drawing paper and studied it carefully. "Well -" The teacher who described a blank piece of paper in a child's eyes as a "polar bear in a snowstorm" pushed the drawing paper in front of Vashti and said softly: "Please sign." Reading this made me I am very surprised. This is just a point to vent my emotions. Is this a painting? Vashti in the story thought for a while. "Okay, maybe I can't draw, but I can sign." In the picture at this moment, Vashti's whole body is covered with a light warm orange color, which means that she has gained the respect of the teacher and has calmed down. A week later, her painting was framed by the teacher in a wavy golden frame and hung on the wall of the office. That's the spot she drew in the painting! She was stunned and stared at the dots on the painting for a long time.
When I read this, I was also deeply moved and shocked! I was stunned too! A point becomes such a solemn painting, and the praise and support the teacher gives to the child is so important! I greatly admire the teacher’s outstanding artistic thinking! I couldn't help but think about the existence of this point. Of course it is a painting. You can say it is an abstract painting, you can say it is a symbolic painting, you can say it is a Zen painting... You can also say that this dot painting is a star, a peanut, a button, etc. You can say it is an eyeball, you can also say it is a piece of chocolate. Of course, it can also be a glass marble, an ink dot, a dewdrop, a small ball... You can also say it is a period, the letter 0, or a moon. , of course it can also be an inspiration, a naughty little idea, a dream or the universe... I stared at the dots on the frame, my mind was like a train, rumbling forward, many associations emerged, this Point, it is the starting point of all things and the end of all things. Oh my God, when I think about it, this point is radiant, extraordinary and of great significance. But as a child, how does she feel at this moment?
Little Vashti in the story was greatly shocked and moved at this moment. She stood upright in front of the painting with her chest raised and her shoulders crossed, thinking confidently: "Huh! I can draw something better than this." Better!" She opened the watercolor paint that she had never used before and started working on it. She was like a train running at full speed, painting all night long.
Little Vashti in the painting is trying so diligently, dots of various colors, dots mixed into new colors, dots lined up, dots turning in circles, dots blowing around, The dots that somersaulted, the dots that cried, the dots that laughed, the dots that bloomed, the dots that breathed flames, the dots that ran so fast... Also, she even drew dots on a huge piece of paper without having to draw any special dots. I can draw a point! On that magical night, little Vashti created an extraordinary world of dots. The dots on each painting were so alive, like naughty bags!
At the art exhibition held in the school, her dots caused a huge sensation! Everyone who saw the painting, whether adults or children, was full of praise. Little Vashti became more and more confident and had a sense of accomplishment: "I am someone who can really draw good pictures! I have the talent to draw, and it's great!"
Read the story here , I also smiled. A little bit of encouragement turns a zero-scoring student into a little painter. Isn't this a miracle caused by positive thoughts? Who doesn’t want to see a confident and sunny child? Then, little Vashti made another move that impressed me. When a little boy enviously asked her how she could draw? She said to the little boy as her teacher said to her: "I bet you can do it too!" The little boy said in fear: "No, I can't. I can't even draw a straight line with a ruler." "Vashti smiled and handed the boy a piece of white paper: "Then just draw a random stroke. "The little boy's hands were shaking when he was drawing the line. The line he drew was crooked. Like her teacher, Vashti stared at it seriously for a while and said: "Please sign. "
At this moment, Vashti is conveying the huge psychological energy given to her by the teacher: "There is no child in the world who can't draw. As long as you want to draw, just go for it!" Open your mind, open your imagination, and paint whatever you want! Even if you only draw a point, even if you only draw a crooked line. ”
Vashti, who gained the confidence to draw, grew up and became the author of this book, an outstanding picture book artist. He wrote on the inside page of the book: Dedicated to my seventh grade students The math teacher, Mr. Mattson, encouraged me to "draw a stroke." I stared at this sentence over and over again, and was moved every time I read it.
Children, After listening to this story, do you like drawing?
Do you think it is interesting to start from one point?
The child in the story saw the teacher letting him do whatever he wanted. How does it feel when you put a dot in a picture frame and hang it on the wall?
The child in the story didn’t know how to draw at first, but he started by drawing a dot and later became a great picture book artist. . What can the point he drew be compared to the strengths or characteristics of each person? How many of them do you have? . Even if you have one bright spot, you are still great, so be sure to write it down.
Please write down your bright spots and speak out!
You must remember it firmly. When you are discouraged, you must remember: I am a person with shining points. I must cherish and use my shining points to become an excellent person!
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