Today I had no time for the brief. I went to a FoCHI
workshop and then straight to work.
Workshop was really good I’m really excited to go into
a school environment and see the difference between the formal setting and my
youth group. My gran always asks - ‘So you going to be an art teacher?” the answer is “No”. I have no interest
in teaching art. I love how art can be used as a tool to achieve development in
a range of areas i.e. community art, art therapy, mental health etc… Within my
youth group we use Art to calm the kids down and have them all sitting around
the same table so we can talk to them about issues or just listen to how there
day has been. The “art” distracts them from their usual chaotic running around
and playing and lets them develop emotionally. When I think about it the process
of making and creating something is very therapeutic. It distracts you from
thought and focus’ the mind on the task you are doing ----- MINDFULLNESS. With
so many stimuli in the world today it is hard to switch off than ever before.
Art is away of “getting back to basics”.
No comments:
Post a Comment