LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE TEENS!

A well-adjusted boy, entering high school, growing up in a small York Region town. He isn’t into sport and he’s not academic, so now, surrounded daily by a thousand peers, where does he fit in? He toughens his image, buys a set of drums and starts pounding. He breaks drumsticks. He eventually breaks the drums, but he keeps pounding ¬‒

Out there on the street he tries on different identities for size; druggie, raver, punk rocker, s... disturber. He buys a guitar and starts a band. He goes insane on the fret board. Moshe pits get out of hand. Cops are called. Years pass. Life overtakes him. He ends up in hospital. The music stops playing...

He takes a break and hangs out with his drummer. They start experimenting with different sounds on guitar and melodica. The music starts stirring inside him again. Cool melodies ooze: ‘folk’ ‘blues’ ‘jazz’. He starts singing.

He got through it, those teenage years, by offsetting the turmoil with artistic expression. It was during those times he discovered his camaraderie (with his band), his dedication (to his craft), his creativity (song writing), and most of all - his talent. Now, poised on the threshold of manhood, he knows what he’s capable of as an artist. What a gift to himself.

Art is the craft that keeps teens floating as they ride the wave from child to adulthood. Art keeps them expressing instead of depressing.

So when you see young artists screaming tunes, thrashing heads, slathering paint, scribbling words, scrawling pictures, or decorating their bodies, rise to your feet, put your hands together, and shout, “LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE TEENS!”


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