A Truly Humbling Experience...

Tonight was my second class that I was aiding as a teachers assistant for this semester at VCAD.
It was Life Drawing 2 class today, so I felt pretty comfortable in the setting given I have pretty
solid drawing skills already (Only from countless hours of drawing the same thing over and over till it was only muscle memory I was developing).

I got the heads up from the instructor of what was being covered in class, so I figured id just develop a method of teaching that would suit this class as we progress. As I did my first pass in class I seen that each student had their own level of drawing, their own style in approaching the lesson, but each still went into it with a confidence that was refreshing to me as an artist. The excitement of being able to create something outta nothing...Creative energy.

I was able to go around and offer some help by pointing out any inaccuracies in their art to develop the drawing techniques introduced in class, I noticed that some students got frustrated with trying different methods so I re-evaluated my approach. I had seen that each individual had a distinct strength they were emulating in their drawing. So I worked with magnifying this and had them apply what I suggested so that they would be able to enhance their overall projection. This worked a lot better and I seen that they felt empowered to keep drawing, which made me feel really humbled.

I understand that my experiences in the past and ones like these are meant to be shared, to help the younger generation to be better then the one before...Mentorship.
But I've also seen how experiences fuel the ego to make some feel like they're superior to others, which sucks cause everyone is a genius with something. There isn't one set way to look at it really but it got me thinking to a quote by Albert Einstein, "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will live it's whole life believing that it is stupid." Really taking the time to really see what each person is good at, enhancing that quality and really improving the setting, I figure that's what we are all trying to do as a team, the community, and the world. Be able to offer something appeasing to the table so everybody can enjoy life.