The internet search revealed that the article of Jaipur-based educator, Dr Lalit Kishore, in Speeaking Tree blog “Tagore deemed education as means of unfolding divinity and realization of Truth: Special on Gurudev’s birth anniversary “ [1] which emphasized aesthetic education (Saundrya-Bodh Shiksha) has been referenced in AESTHETICS EDUCATION at Bard College (http://mail.library.bgc.bard.edu › en-us › aesthetic...PDF) which one can download from mail.library.bgc.bard.edu [2] for free)
Dr Kishore writes in his blog, “As we celebrate Ravindernath Tagore’s birth anniversary, we need to revisit his educational philosophy which is most relevant in present times which is being marked by objection of knowledge and being converted into a commodity for profits. Tagore’s educational philosophy consists of four elements naturalism, humanism, idealism and progressiveness with core principles of natural surroundings and freedom of expression.
He believed that education was meant to enable the mind to 'find out that ultimate truth which emancipates us from the bondage of dust and gives us wealth not of things but of inner light, not of power but of love.'
He had deemed learning as a process of enlightenment resulting into divine wealth and realization of truth by 'dispelling ignorance and ushering in the light of knowledge.'
It should enable us to lead a complete life – economic, intellectual, aesthetic, social and spiritual.
Shantiniketan was created with a natural ambience to cultivate a love for nature, to impart knowledge and wisdom in one’s native language, provide freedom of mind, heart and will, a natural ambience, and to eventually enrich Indian culture.
Tagore wrote, "In education, the most inspiring atmosphere of creative activity is important. Primary function of the institution must be constructive; scope must be for all kinds of intellectual exploration. Teaching must be one with culture, spiritual, intellectual, aesthetic, economic and social. True education is to realize at every step how our training and knowledge have an organic connection with our surroundings”.
On revisiting the work, I wrote the following acrostics.
Here is a description of the AESTHETICS through a sentence acrostics as I have understood.
A: Appreciative study of and education about beauty -
E: Especially in art, culture and literature - with a
S: Set of notions, beliefs, opinions, ideas, concepts or principles about beauty
T: To philosophize about the nature of beauty to
H: Heighten the feeling and emotional faculties through
E: Experiences which are direct or constructed in art in order
T: To analyse examines the subjective and sensori-emotional value evoked
I: In minds of on-lookers and artists when they
C: Create, view or perform works of art as well as how they
S: Sense, enjoy, criticize and philosophize artwork
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