The universe spins, the sun and moon leap. Suddenly, from the kaleidoscope, a "Yi" emerges, transforming into a sevencolored phoenix, carrying hundreds of children, soaring over mountains and ridges! This is the symbol of the "Youth Art Academy". Look at the wings of thisoenix: the left wing is dyed with ink, the right wing is tuned with strings, the tail feather drags with a ballet toe, the golden eyes reflect the glow oil paints, and there is even a delicate microphone in its beak – it is clearly the painting, calligraphy, music, dance, hosting, reciting, and kinds of talents, all in it! In the past, Cang Jie created characters, "Yi" was originally "Yi", which is like the of planting seedlings with both hands. Nowadays, when we see young people holding a pen like supporting seedlings, and moving the wrist like dividing roots, the rice paper actually out of the willow branches of Wu Dai Dang Feng, and the vines of Huai Su's drunken calligraphy. One day, when I a child with a pen and a brush practicing "Lanting", the turning point of the pen suddenly turned into a swallow's turn, and the ink splashed into a's three-fold water. I asked him why, and he replied, "When Wang Xizhi held the stream in those years, I am now surfing with the tip my pen!" Childish words, but it fits the true meaning of "art is a game". In the art of calligraphy, it is most taboo be "old-fashioned", what is needed is such a "young tiger roaring in the valley" kind of reckless vitality.
乾坤旋转，日月跳丸。忽见万花筒里，跃出个"艺"字，竟化作七彩凤凰，驮着千百童子，飞越崇山峻岭而来！此乃《少年艺术院》之象也。诸君且看这凤凰羽翼：左翅泼墨，右翅调弦，尾翎曳着芭蕾足尖，金睛映着油彩光芒，喙间还衔着支玲珑话筒——分明是书画琴舞、主持吟唱，诸般才艺，尽在其中矣！
昔者仓颉造字，"艺"本作"埶"，象双手植苗之形。今观少年执笔如扶秧，运腕似分蘖，宣纸上竟长出吴带当风的柳枝，怀素醉书的藤蔓。某日见垂髫小儿临《兰亭》，笔锋转折处忽作鹞子翻身，墨渍溅成燕子三抄水。问其故，答曰："王羲之当年曲水流觞，我今以笔尖冲浪耳！"童言稚语，却暗合"艺术乃游戏"之真谛。书法一道，最忌"老气横秋"，要的就是这般"乳虎啸谷"的莽撞生机。
至于丹青绘事，尤见童子心性。曾见黄口稚子画太阳，非圆非方，竟是个咧嘴大笑的南瓜脸；画草原不用绿色，偏以紫色打底，问之则曰："风吹过来就是这样的呀！"此般"错误"，恰是马蒂斯追求的"正确"。西洋有毕加索言"终生学习像孩子那样画画"，东方有齐白石"衰年变法"返璞归真。今观少年画展，但见水粉画里游着会唱歌的鱼，蜡笔画中站着戴皇冠的树，最妙是那幅《妈妈生气了》，满纸红色漩涡里藏着歪斜的梳子——此非野兽派，亦非表现主义，实乃"赤子派"真传！
忽闻琴室爆出裂帛之声，原是总角琴童奏《野蜂飞舞》。十指在黑白键上跌扑翻滚，活似小猫追咬自己尾巴。曲终人不见，唯有琴盖微颤，余音化作蜜糖丝，黏住了窗外偷听的麻雀。音乐一道，最怕"少年老成"。某次器乐大赛，有童子赛前紧张忘谱，索性自创变奏曲，评委击节叹曰："此乃真乐也！"想那莫扎特儿时谱曲，尚在稿纸边画小狗打架；门德尔松十七岁作《仲夏夜之梦》序曲，灵感竟来自妹妹的布娃娃——艺术女神向来偏宠顽童。
忽见镁光灯大亮，红毯上走来位及笄少女，手握话筒如持青玉簪。开口竟不是"尊敬的各位领导"，而是脆生生一句："天上的云朵掉进我眼睛里啦！"全场先愕然，继而掌声雷动。主持之道，贵在"真"字。某次汇演突遇停电，小主持人掏出荧光棒："现在我们是银河系演唱会！"遂领全场唱《小星星》，观众手机电筒竟汇成星海。此般急智，岂是台词本上能教出来的？想那曹植七步成诗，甘罗十二为相，嘴上没毛偏能hold住全场，全凭胸中一股天真气。
最惊艳是舞蹈教室的镜子，竟照出敦煌飞天与街舞小子同框。梳双丫髻的小舞者练倒踢紫金冠，辫梢系着的铃铛与腰间玉佩叮当应答。忽有嘻哈少年闯入，头转地圈扬起尘埃，尘埃里却现出胡旋舞的轨迹。问其师，笑答："昨儿刚给孩子们看了公孙大娘剑器舞视频。"果然，课间零食时间，但见小舞者们啃着薯片比划"霍如羿射九日落"，辣条作剑"矫如群帝骖龙翔"。东西方美学在这方寸练功房里水乳交融，全无"体用之争"的隔阂。
艺术教育者常陷迷思：究竟以规矩塑才，还是任天性滋长？某书法班曾分两组：甲组日临《九成宫》，乙组尽兴涂鸦。三月后比较，甲组字如模铸，乙组却有人悟出"屋漏痕"笔法。恰似养兰之道，修枝剪叶者得整齐，放任天性者见野趣。犹记某次书画赛，获奖的既非工整楷书，亦非写实素描，而是一幅《我的梦》：画中孩童骑着毛笔飞越彩虹，彩虹竟是用旧琴弦绷成的。评委批语仅四字："艺胆包天！"
今观少年艺术教育，有三大症候：或如盆景蟠扎，过早修去旁逸斜出；或似填鸭催肥，赛考证书叠床架屋；更有甚者，将艺术当作敲门砖，活活把天鹅训成家鹅。却不知童子弄艺，当如春园之草，不见其长，日有所增。昔有琴童每日练音阶前必对琴鞠躬，问之则答："我在和钢琴说悄悄话。"这般敬畏之心，比考过十级更珍贵。艺术说到底，不过是给心灵留扇通风的窗，何必急着砌成登云梯？
临了忽见创刊号封面：水墨孩童立于调色盘上，左耳别着毛笔，右耳夹着琴拨，足尖点出涟漪，涟漪里浮着五线谱蝌蚪。背景非红非黄，竟是留白处隐约显出"玩"字篆文。编者用心良苦可见一斑——艺术本是玩出来的学问，严肃活泼方得三昧。想起某次儿童剧演出，小演员忘词即兴发挥，反而逼出对手戏真感情。谢幕时导演叹："排了三个月，不如失误三分钟精彩。"
《文心雕龙》云："童子雕琢，必先雅制。"然则今之少年，生在AI时代，手机里住着ChatGPT，画笔岂能只描红摹碑？当以VR设备探龙门石窟，借动作捕捉学梅兰芳手势，用算法生成诗画合璧。某校已实验"数字书法"，童子在电子屏挥毫，云端即时比对历代名帖，王羲之与井上有一竟在数据流里隔空论道。传统与先锋，在此奇妙相拥。
凤凰忽敛翅落地，化作"艺"字印章。小艺术家们蜂拥盖印，手背开出朱砂花：有的似狂草飞白，有的如工笔游丝，更有将印泥抹满脸蛋充作京剧脸谱的。忽闻空中梵婀玲声，原是某神童在云朵上拉《流浪者之歌》，琴弓挥处，洒下七彩二维码，扫码竟见创刊号全部内容——原来艺术早乘着5G信号，钻进每个童心深处发芽去了！
