I embraced the day and went on an adventure with my five year old niece, Julia on Saturday while visiting in NH. My cousin, Suzy had told me a about a "scupture tail" that she had stumbled upon in Brookline NH. I had always been curious about it and it came to mind when I was doing research on Place-Based art. The website http://www.andresinstitute.org/ was informative and I learned that they gave guided tours and were having one this past saturday. I took it as serindipity and decided to pack a backpack with a snack, our sketchbooks and some water and embraced the beautiful Fall day. We decided not to follow the tour and set out on our own adventure. Along the way we discovered a wealth of sculptures hidden in the woods. They were created by artists from all over the world. Each sculpture had a marker noting what the artist was thinking. At the top of the mountain was a large, glass studio where this years artists were working. Julia was anxious to see it and walked all the way to the top and met some of this years artists. The sculpture above is one of the many that we saw along our way. It would be well worth the drive for anyone living in New England and a great place for a field trip (for all of you teachers). This sculpture was called, "Process" and was created by the artist, Anita Sulimanovic from Croatia. I thought would be perfect for our "gentle movement" this week. Anita states (in part):
"Fascination with the wavy sea-cycle-rhythm of waves, flowing in perfect order, symmetric order, within time, in predeterminded direction: The order of roof tile, the bark of the tree , the structure of fish scales...It might present all of these things in the associative but, it might not be anything of it....This sculpture represents the process...of growning; process of civilization,of building the house/home (or covering living spaces-roof scales-making a shelter), or even the sculptor's process of creating a sculpture.
There are many answers on this sculpture, as it is meant to be a kind of question or an invitation for contemplation on the enigma-the secret- the mystery of existence."
Often I feel like the "process"of living is everything. Embrace the day!
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This sculpture so resonates with me. I have discovered within the last year or so that I am totally drawn to the wavy patterns in the sand after the tide goes out or the variety of waves you see on the surface of the ocean or a lake or a pond. I remember looking at them years ago thinking, does anyone else notice these like I do? Turns out, they do! I started incorporating these patterns in some sculptures I have been working on since February. With a child, a sick husband and a full time job, I don't really have much time to do this, but its fascinating when someone notices the same amazing, but unsung parts of nature that you do. Its one more way that we are all connected.
Well I will need to figure out how to send you pictures that I just found tonight. I fell in love with Andres when I went last year. I definately have to go again since I am so close.
I treated myself this past week to a new French CD, the music is so fun and upbeat. I will use the music to inspire me in my studio. My studio is still a work in progress and I did work on it on Saturday. Unfortunately I did not creat anything but I did read some Sark on my chaise lounge.
I made Charlie an anniversary card that is really cute...I incorporated a photogram of my hands in a heart shape, cut out the negative space and framed a picture of him and I.
I love the photograph idea!!! It will seem more personal :)when we are sharing.
This week I am going to work on framing my photographs and using my studio to paint on some of my photographs.
Have a lovely week,
Brigitte
I did not complete any of my goals from last week and have decided to take some time to reaccess what my large and short term goals are. I think that my creative goals merge with my school goals and that I need to define them better in my mind.
My gentle movement will be to think about meaningful goals for myself and how I define them. I will also look closely at something that I may have taken for granted and either draw or write about it.
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