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Akiane Kramarik (born July 9, 1994 in Mount Morris, Illinois) is an American child prodigy in the fields of art and poetry.
She was born to a Lithuanian mother and an American father. She also has Jewish, Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, Russian, Bohemian, Chinese, French, Danish and German heritage.
Akiane is known internationally for her realism styled art, religious paintings, poetry, and philosophy. Mostly self-taught, she began drawing at 4, painting at 6, and writing poetry at 7. She is a devout Christian and her works have become a beacon of faith and spirituality for other Christians.
Akiane's art usually depicts wildlife, landscape, and people; sometimes with a religious motif.
Many regard her poetry as highly artistic and philosophical for her age. She speaks Lithuanian, Russian, English and Sign Language. She is homeschooled.
Akiane has appeared on shows such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, and the Lou Dobbs Show. She was mentioned in a 2004 edition of TIME magazine. Her art is showcased in religious and non-religious museums throughout the United States.
- Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 04/07/2006
Akiane, how to pronounce? - posted on 04/07/2006
去网站看了看。这个小女孩的创作真的很不错哦,说话也成熟:
"I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others."
8岁 The Planted Eye 9 岁 Faith
9 岁 Dance of the Mind 10 岁 The Hour Glass
谢谢推荐。
- Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/18/2008
ti - posted on 02/18/2008
Sorry have to play devil's advocate: it bothers me to see a nine year old say things like this:
"Imagine you are entering a garden and there grows your most beautiful white flower. When you come closer you see an ant. A small black ant. The blossom is my art, and the ant is my poetry. The white flower is the hope you see in my heart. The ant is work, suffering, and hardship that I write about in my poetry. We cannot turn away from those who are hurt. That is why God wants me to show this. Yet when you walk away from the flower, far enough, you see no black spot, just a beautiful blossom."
And this:
"I have been blessed by God. And if I'm blessed, there is one reason and one reason only, and that is to help others."
阿姗 wrote:
去网站看了看。这个小女孩的创作真的很不错哦,说话也成熟: - Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/18/2008
moab wrote:
Sorry have to play devil's advocate: it bothers me to see a nine year old say things like this:
One can not judge a prodigy by wearing a usual len.
She is the not first one, and won't be the last one. But she surely is one prodigy. - Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/18/2008
切,干脆一起来比较,再附上几幅正常三、四年级小学生的绘画展览,上个周末一起照的。
- Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/18/2008
It is exactly this "prodigy" of hers I am questioning. I am not judging her as "a prodigy".
rzp wrote:
One can not judge a prodigy by wearing a usual len.
She is the not first one, and won't be the last one. But she surely is one prodigy. - Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/20/2008
我刚才也在找这条线,记得当时看过,很佩服这个女孩画家,尤其是她说的话。我不认识她,不了解她,也没有她的经历,只能远远地看她,感叹她带来的惊喜。 - posted on 02/20/2008
Interesting, come to think of it. Does this have anything to do with the variations among us cafe visitors reflected in the political compass test?
Just out of curiosity, how about give me ONE example about which you have to draw the line and say "this is absurd"? Seriously. (No, this is a general topic. I am not talking about this specific prodigy).
rzp wrote:
One can not judge a prodigy by wearing a usual len.
- posted on 02/20/2008
I agree that we should not pay too much attention to this prodigy topic, unless you have to, say you are encountering one in your life.
I can not agree more not to talk about this Marla kid or Akiane, because we both don't know them.
I am not sure I understand your question about drawing the line.
A prodigy is simply someone with exceptional talents, either comparing to their peers or to all mankind. In another word, someone falling at the edge of the compasses or bell curves. Drawing a line is definitely not going to draw a line between a normal lad and a prodigy. No, even the simplest procedure to evaluate a prodigy is far complicated than a normal person can comprehend easily without being "shrinked" one way or the other. On the other hand, as sophisticated as they are, those psychological matrixes often turned out to be as pale as a bland line can do, for an extraordinary one.
The logic supposed to be simple to begin with, as regarding to drawing a line. Normally when kids on certain age, they can draw a line straight, or where they are asked to draw, or not stop in the middle. At certain age, they can draw a circle, a big one with or without changing hands, etc. The developmental charts are all based on some statistic curves, of course. And the way they draw a line, the maturity of the penmanship are all marked by their age.
I used to send my daughter to drawing lesson, but I was deeply disturbed by the help her teacher gave her, especially when recognizing so many "lines" drawn by kids and teachers together in the "beautiful" art work on exhibition walls. I stopped her lesson.
The matrixes for a person are supposed to be more than the two dimensional measure. It has to be many dimensions. And usually there is no expert for a particular case. It is tough to be the gifted one, and it is tough for the parents, families and friends too.
moab wrote:
Interesting, come to think of it. Does this have anything to do with the variations among us cafe visitors reflected in the political compass test?
Just out of curiosity, how about give me ONE example about which you have to draw the line and say "this is absurd"? Seriously. (No, this is a general topic. I am not talking about this specific prodigy).
rzp wrote:
One can not judge a prodigy by wearing a usual len.
- Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/20/2008
Appreciate your comment. I like the bell shaped distribution analogy. I was asking about something else, but it's too complicated a topic maybe it's better just to leave it as is. I don't know what Einstein would say or if he said something about his childhood especially what his parents did that either promoted or limited his growing into who he was. I am more on the side that children don't know better (generally), and need proper guidance.
rzp wrote: - Re: Akiane: A gifted child with a missionposted on 02/21/2008
Would you mind to try again, what exactly are we talking about -- which you have to draw the line and say "this is absurd"? I tried to rephase this, I could not come up with one. Are you talking about "side(s)" parents of gifted ones ought to take for proper guidance? or all parents in general? - posted on 02/22/2008
In general.
I made my question intentionally not pertain to the discussion of this specific prodigy, because as I was reading this thread, my mind was on a somewhat related but different topic. In a liberal society people have grown used to seeing and accepting novelties, anything from genuinely genius creativity to absurd follies. As our tolerance for novelties grow, has our ability to distinguish the two diminished? Or it's the borders between the two themselves that's being eroded?
rzp wrote:
Are you talking about "side(s)" parents of gifted ones ought to take for proper guidance? or all parents in general?
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