Art in Learning processes

In learning processes, the affective-relational aspect plays a strategic role of no less importance than the cognitive sphere. The traditional education offerings of schools and, even more, universities, very often neglect the necessary integration between these aspects. Art, in its various forms and its many languages, can promote motivation, interest, participation and passion in the learner and can be an effective element of connection between “the reasoning of the heart and the reasoning of the mind”. The art languages are characterized by an uninterrupted flow of images, awesomeness, references, open-mindedness which predisposes to meta-learning, a crucial resource for the global education. A network connecting von Foerster, Van Gogh, Bateson and Frida Kahlo stems from narration about art, ethics, therapy, science and political activism.