to mold and shape and clarify
"I use my hands like a sculptor,
to mold and shape the sound I want,
to clarify."
~ Leonard Slatkin ~
So, meet "Scruffy" . . .
I've been purging old journals from 25 years ago!
Think I've been through at least 50 so far . . . mostly words,
a few articles, sketches and photos!
Have been looking for the *real* scruffy which was created in 1995 in an "Expressive Arts Workshop" where the exercise was focused on processing anger! I think he's still hiding in our garage, but I was excited to find this photograph taken before he got all fired up!
While molding the clay, as hard as I tried, I just couldn't create something ugly enough to express my feelings and emotions,
but remembered my surprise when the facilitator told me I'd never be able to make anything unsightly!
Scruffy became quite the topic of conversation, whose photo got transferred to a jersey which I wore to the next session! Turning a negative into a positive, is always an excellent way to balance an unpleasant situation!
to mold and shape and clarify
"I use my hands like a sculptor,
to mold and shape the sound I want,
to clarify."
~ Leonard Slatkin ~
So, meet "Scruffy" . . .
I've been purging old journals from 25 years ago!
Think I've been through at least 50 so far . . . mostly words,
a few articles, sketches and photos!
Have been looking for the *real* scruffy which was created in 1995 in an "Expressive Arts Workshop" where the exercise was focused on processing anger! I think he's still hiding in our garage, but I was excited to find this photograph taken before he got all fired up!
While molding the clay, as hard as I tried, I just couldn't create something ugly enough to express my feelings and emotions,
but remembered my surprise when the facilitator told me I'd never be able to make anything unsightly!
Scruffy became quite the topic of conversation, whose photo got transferred to a jersey which I wore to the next session! Turning a negative into a positive, is always an excellent way to balance an unpleasant situation!