Since ancient human history, people have had a need to represent their beliefs, values and emotions in physical, artistic forms taking the shape of symbols, symbolic objects and performance. These metaphors can be more powerful than language as a means of communication. The Cultural Arts Coalition believes that everyone can use the arts to Reflect, Express and Discover. Every person can Create, regardless of age, economics, social position, education, geography, gender, culture, or any other aspect of human existence. In this purposeful manner of art making, the value of the created object is in the one who created it. The object is a representation of its maker. Practitioners with the Cultural Arts Coalition use art making and cultural forms as modalities to enrich the life journey of every person, individually and in community.
The act of gardening, the planting of the trees, is also considered a creative expression that links us all to the concept of the interconnectedness of all life. Purposeful manner of art making, the value of the created object is in the one who created it. In this case the planting is also an ongoing nurturing act~ a metaphor for our personal linage-our family tree, the nurturing and love for our family and those in our community. It is the intention of the Cultural Arts Coalition that an interdisciplinary curriculum about the protection of our environment is also promoted and celebrated with the planting of our trees.
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