discussing practically

I look into the question on how to establish practice-based discussions in teaching art. Starting point is my concern, that on the path from apprenticeship- master-model, over different pedagogical approaches until today in art teaching, we might have lost something crucial. Namely: teachers and students working practically together in fine art. Which they hardly do anymore. Especially not on same subjects with same materials, considering same questions. And also hardly on same projects. Most discussions are of verbal nature to find out on art, to teach, to critic, to guide in art teaching. For the simple reason, that nearly everybody does something else, has an own individual artistic practice, something like common practice seems not be current anymore. We do not do anymore all together the same artistic practice in art school context, as for example in former days a group of a professor and students would do figurative sculptures. I am not romanticising these “old times”, as for good reasons things have changed. I am more interested in bridging the gap from theory to practice and find a way to work together practically again regardless the various backgrounds of artistic practices. And discuss therefor practically and not verbal. To connect in an area (in the unknown?), that is not based on rationalities or knowing. As allegories and metaphors can come in words, in sentences but also as visual art. Their capability to describe something (in this case, something not yet known) with something else is what I consider a possible way to transfer from the verbal into the practical.

How to use metaphors and allegory to bridge the gap between theoretical and practical teaching?

concerning teaching as an artist