Conquer freedom with the development of imagination and psychomotor skills
Mirza, who is only four and a half years old, also decided to move away from the stereotypical grounds of Mostar. He painted a rainbow and the Neretva River. When asked if he would also paint a bridge, he said yes, but only if he knew how to do it. In the kindergarten where he is enrolled, we learn much more than painting, and he prefers lessons on friendship. “My best friend is Harun, he went to Germany, but he will come back,” said Mirza, who, like most of his fellow adult citizens, believes that migration will not become a constant in Bosnia and Herzegovina and that the return of friends will not become a constant. is only a part of the imagination, although the development of the imagination was one of the fundamental tasks of the inclusive art conference in nature. One of the fundamental tasks was also the development of psychomotor skills.
“I would be happy if children with disabilities had more opportunities for this type of creative expression. Art therapy, whether theater or painting, has been confirmed to produce results. Children often don’t talk about what’s inside them or they don’t have a mechanism to get a sense of what they’re going to say. But this way, unconsciously, using color, brush and pattern selection, they can show what they feel. This is why we did not assign them a subject but gave them absolute freedom of choice. You can see how many beautiful designs we have here – flowers, mermaids, good compositions and layouts, a good way of working. There is no diligence and I did not see any frightened children today, they were “swinging”, working… Unlike schools which often limit, the current conditions have given us total freedom,” explains a satisfied mentor.
The universal language of art
The Conference on Inclusive Art, like that of Mostar, hoped for the absence of any form of promotion of the arts. But if there were an arts assessment board, Ilma would undoubtedly get top marks – both for the impeccable geometric composition she painted and for her own smile.
The precision of its circles and the choice of colors, a recognizable motif among certain renowned painters, are only one among a series of confirmations of the infinite possibilities when it is possible to show them, especially when using the language of art, one of the most universal and inclusive languages.
The equal applause which received the bridge jumpers also deserved those who, by combining paint colors, merged the differences between them. The best way to not think about things like which side of the Neretva or any other bank we are on is to talk about opportunities, not limitations. This was one of the lessons of the conference on inclusive art under the sun and bridge of Mostar.