Vashti thought for a moment. “Well, maybe I can’t draw, but I CAN sign my name.”
The next week, when Vashti walked into her art class, she was surprised to see what was hanging above her teacher’s desk. It was the little dot she had drawn- HER DOT! All framed in swirly gold!
第二周，當(dāng)沃詩提再次走進(jìn)美術(shù)教室的時(shí)候，她驚奇的發(fā)現(xiàn)在老師的桌子上面掛著的一幅畫：那是她畫的點(diǎn)??！而且畫已經(jīng)用旋渦狀的金黃色相框裝了起來。
The blue mixed with the red. She discovered that she could make a PURPLE dot. Vashti kept experimenting. Lot of little dots in many colours.
突然，藍(lán)色的點(diǎn)和紅色的點(diǎn)混合了，沃詩提發(fā)現(xiàn)自己弄出了一個(gè)紫色的點(diǎn)。她很驚奇，就一直不停的嘗試下去，又畫出了許多不同顏色的點(diǎn)。
If I can make little dots, I can make BIG dots, too.” Vashti splashed her colours with a bigger brush on bigger paper to make bigger dots.
“如果我可以畫小點(diǎn)，我就能畫大點(diǎn)?！?沃詩提說完就拿起了一只大畫筆，在一張大紙上揮毫起來。
Vashti even made a dot by NOT painting a dot.
沃詩提甚至不是直接畫出一個(gè)點(diǎn)，卻留白出了一個(gè)點(diǎn)的氛圍。
At the school art show a few weeks later, Vashti’s many dots made quite a splash.
幾周后，在學(xué)校的藝術(shù)展覽上，沃詩提畫的各種各樣的點(diǎn)讓大家大開眼界。
Vashti noticed a little boy gazing up at her. “You’re a really great artist. I wish I could draw.” he said. “ I bet you can,” said Vashti. “Me? No, not me. I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler.”
沃詩提注意到有一個(gè)小男孩在認(rèn)真的看著她的畫，他對沃詩提說：“你真是個(gè)大藝術(shù)家，要是我也可以畫畫該多好??！”“你當(dāng)然可以，我可以保證” 沃詩提說?！拔?？不可能的，即使用尺子比著，我連一條直線也不會(huì)畫?！毙∧泻⒄f。
Vashti smile. She handed the boy a blank sheet of paper. “ Show me.” The boy’s pencil shook as he drew his line.
沃詩提笑了，她遞給小男孩一張空白紙，說：“你畫給我看好嗎？”小男孩畫了起來，他的筆在不住地顫抖。
Vashti started at the boy’s squiggle. And then she said…
沃詩提注視著男孩的畫。 過了一會(huì)兒，她說……
“ Please… sign it.”
“請……簽上你的名字。”
我為何感動(dòng)？作者Peter Reynolds 曾在接受采訪時(shí)說過：“它不只是一本有關(guān)藝術(shù)的書。這是一本書，鼓勵(lì)我們，要有勇氣表達(dá)自己。它輕輕地提醒我們要從小處著手，并努力去實(shí)現(xiàn)這一想法。同時(shí)，這也是一個(gè)偉大的教師的故事，他知道如何使用幽默， 讓學(xué)生看到自己的愿景?！?
這本書雖說的是繪畫，我讀到的內(nèi)涵的卻并非是創(chuàng)作的過程；雖是涉足兒童美術(shù)教育，然而，卻足以觸動(dòng)著所有心懷有夢想?yún)s不敢去實(shí)踐、實(shí)現(xiàn)的那些怯怯地內(nèi)心。
這本兒童繪本，告訴著所有的我們：其實(shí)，人人都有創(chuàng)造性,人人都可以爆發(fā)出自己的宇宙，從一個(gè)小小的點(diǎn)就可以開始。
