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One struggle that many art teachers face is getting art students to think 'out of the box'. Art students often want clear, non-open ended assignments that require little or no real imagination. The greatest artist in the history of the world were the ones who dared to try something different, unexpected, and more often than not, unaccepted. The innovators of Cubism in the early 20th century are a prime example of a group of artists that were able to tap into an alternate reality. Using line and the theories of space and time, they were able to break up there art work into a series of planes that represented not the physical world but a ‘out of the box’ world that delved deeper into cosmic reality and the human emotion. This ability to dive into a world of uncertainty and discovery is an essential part of creating creative, intellectual, and out of the box art. A key ingredient to creating out of the box art is to have a firm understanding of the history of art. How can one presume to know were to go with art if one does not know were it has been? Understanding were art has been gives one a firm pad to launch off, head first in the pursuit of creative new ‘out of the box’ art.