We Gather.
We Envision.
We Create.
Gather. Envision. Create.
Arts Therapy Conference 2017
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We are a mob of ooooh
Gather. Envision. Create.
Tag Archives: art is a way of knowing
Which Way Round?
Make art, even if it’s upside down
This way?
Which Way Round?
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I am loving felt pens plus water. I’m not sure why it’s taken me fifty-something years to discover the joys of such simple ingredients, but it has.
Or this way?
Which Way Round?
Two
Felt marker pens, particularly at school, were something you didn’t want to get water on. You drew or wrote with them because of their precision. You admired their clean lines. You were in control. You didn’t want to lose all that nice neatness to a soggy mush-ball.
Water brings with it an unknowing.
It brings an unpredictability and a, sometimes scary, lack of control. What joy!
This way?
Which Way Round?
Three
Felt-pen-plus-water art-making is just the ticket for debriefing from an art therapy session in residential aged care. After
Climbing Trees, Knowing Home
How lucky am I?
My original muse was David Swain.
He helped me find my niche.
He helped me find my balance.
He helped me find my footing.
He helped me know home.
My original
Leafettes
micro mini canvasses
Sally Swain © original art
muse, David Swain (1923 – 2010)
would be turning 93 right now. My dear Dad.
He taught me to climb trees.
Folds, Spots and Wrinkles. A tree has no need for anti-ageing cream.
and know home.
I was not a confident little girl.
When I was seven,
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