Drawing Life 24
New session of drawing class started. We have one new student who attended art school in her youth and is very accomplished so we can simply march forward.
We had a real treat when one of the class brought in a ‘painting’ done in fabric and stitching. I’d given them a poem to interpret and this student ran with it in such a creative way. This is the joy of working together as a group—we can inspire each other.
I’m so happy to be teaching this class and to be a witness to the artistic journey of these young women who’ve all passed the halfway mark in life. Everyone is accomplished and successful in other careers but this is a time when we all have so much to give in terms of experience and energy. The desire to express is huge and there is now time to do this work. I’m really interested in how this time in a woman’s life can be one of manifestation on many levels.
Next week we’ll begin to explore our goals and to reach for what it is we most want to explore as artists. I decided a long time ago that what calls me most strongly is the written word, even though I’ve worked as an artist for thirty years. I feel lucky to have these two loves but I have only one real focus now and that is to grow my writing. The students in the art class are finding their focus too. I’m being a bit pushy these days but artists have to be strong and brave. Well, we all do, in whatever it is we choose to focus on, if we want it to go somewhere.
Go Obama!
April 10th, 2007 at 1:05 am
so true, my dear, so true.
April 11th, 2007 at 2:03 pm
I am a life long believer that we all have a desire to express our responses to life in some way–whether it’s visually, musically, physically–people have been decorating, illuminating, singing, dancing, reciting and storytelling as ways to distill their experience since time began. It’s wonderful that people can gather in your classes to find their best ways to express themselves. It’s a wonderful journey, is it not?