Imaginative Bridges in Music

After reading the piece by Aaron Copland, I am starting to see music in a new way. He said in a number of ways that a a musician's goal is not necessarily to create beautiful music, but to create a work of art that the listener may interpret however he or she pleases. Music is more than just lyrics and sounds, he described it as a feeling that cannot be put into words. I have never thought of music in this way, and I can see the connection to works of art and teaching. In my teaching, I have certain skills that I am trying to get across to my students. I could stand up in front of the class and explain to them when to use a comma and when to use a semicolon, but that in and of itself will not teach them how to use punctuation. It takes a work of art to get that lesson across. I don't always know how I am going to getting certain skills across, but I do know that it takes a myriad of approaches to reach a myriad of different students.