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Louis Pasteur said, "In the fieldof observation, chance favors onlythe prepared mind." I continue tofind and collect four-, five-, six-, andseven-leaf clovers even when I'mwalking fast, mostly because Ibelieve they exist. Unbelieversnever find any.

God has created a fantasticworld! Itis an extraordinary andspecial place, and people in it aremore so. Even to a small child, thisspecial place very quickly becomesordinary, especially since televisionhas brought the world into ourhomes without our having to go outthe front door. So going on vacationis not so special, and we have seenit all before. John Dewey said, "Artis the celebration of the ordinary."The world is ordinary, but eachof us can give certain aspects of it aspecial notice and focus sothatsome things become extraordinary.Wemake the object extraordinaryby our vision. The left brain putslabels on everything, and the rightbrain sees what is special about it.All this requires a playful and childlike attitudetoward life which is something we all hope to growout of as we grow up.

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Every house needs a sign thatsays, "Stop, Look, Listen."

Stop people on the street andask them if they heard any birdstoday, and they will most likelyreply no. But birds are talking allthe time, as I noticed this morningwalking downtown. I can hearthem only when I want to. Seeingis the same thing.

Many people complain that mostof art is abstract when in fact itmay only be that our vision hasbeen limited and we have not seenthe multitude of images that the

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Our society continues to bemobile, and familiesstill travel from coast to coast by automobile. Scenerysustains our interest, but after a while even the mostexciting vistas become commonplace. Travelers mayobtain brochures and look forward to visiting thetraditional historic sites. But what do the travelersdo in the car between the historic sites when there isjust "ordinary" scenery? Couldn't taking a tripbecome an even better learning experience than goingto school?

While traveling, one can focus on a theme for aday. One day the theme could be reflections. Onother days it could bepatterns, shapes, lines ortextures. Line may be the most difficult because weassume it is like a line drawn with a pen whenactually a line could be created when light hits theedge of a building. Weare attracted to color, so thatmay be the easiest.

Conversations can be an art form. As you practicethat art within a family, you might soon discover thatit leads to powerful insights and lasting relationships.The following are questions and activities that canprovoke lively conversations as your familyundertakes a long drive. Some topics arephilosophical and have wide implications which needto be discussed as a family. Why wait for schoolwhere they might not even come up? What bettertime than when traveling together? Parents may nothave all the answers, but speculation can lead totruth. We carry love, beauty, life, excitement with uswherever we are, or it does not exist.

artist sees all the time. Even with eyes and ears,most people are blind and deaf in many ways.

Let's use the scenario of the family vacation to findways to sharpen those senses.

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Reinhold Marxhnusen, who prefers to be called Nlarx,professor of art at Concordia College, Seward. Hefeatured in three educational television films and is thsubject o r numerous magazine and neiospaper articlesHis work has appeared throughout the nation, includingthe Kennedy Center fo r the Performing Arts.

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