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We Need More Education Of The Heart
I am a firm believer in the education of the heart and the education of the creative impulse. At the risk of sounding too idealistic, I believe that what is dignified, what is gentle, what is poetic and artistic in the human spirit is the most important part of the education of a child. The human being is born as the most defenseless creature on earth.
More than seventy years of neurological research has taught us that the human brain thrives in contact with the maternal heart. In this sense, we can say that the brain is a product of the heart; it is the work of love and it wastes away without the comfort of a caressing hand, of a sweet voice, of a reassuring smile.
The history of civilization, that defines a primitive society as one without written language, teaches us that there is no society, primitive or advanced, without the presence of art, because life is creation and art is the language of the human spirit, indispensable for the survival of human beings and their culture.
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