This document gives anecdotal stories of child art making along with philosophical interpretations for art teaching application. Art making is seen as experimental. It progresses from action to intentional mark making, naming, symbolic representation, and finally to "presence", an aesthetic creation experience that combines seeing and feeling. Experimental teaching practices that respond to the learner as a specific individual in context are advocated. The 10 chapters are: (1) "First the Making, Then the Naming"; (2) "Art as Praxis"; (3) "Art as Symbol"; (4) "Art as Presence"; (5) "Essential Conditions for Making Art"; (6) "Experiential Teaching"; (7) "Making Desk Blotters with First Graders"; (8) "Changing Space with Fifth Graders"; (9) "Making Sculpture/Making History with High School Students"; and (10) "Epilogue." Contains a 46-item list of references. (MM)