Finding Beauty in What's Broken
This is an experiential mixed media class focused on impermanence and finding joy and beauty in unexpected places. Participants will be invited to metaphorically "let go" of something and open themselves up to new possibilities through intention setting and the creative process.
This is an experiential mixed media class focused on impermanence and finding joy and beauty in unexpected places. Participants will be invited to metaphorically "let go" of something and open themselves up to new possibilities through intention setting and the creative process.
This is an experiential mixed media class focused on impermanence and finding joy and beauty in unexpected places. Participants will be invited to metaphorically "let go" of something and open themselves up to new possibilities through intention setting and the creative process.
There are so many ways we find ourselves challenged right now. Many people are painfully aware of what they feel is broken - whether in their personal lives, professional lives, culturally and even worldwide. It is a difficult time for humanity - on all scales. And yet beauty still abounds. Our challenge is to notice it, appreciate it and cultivate beauty wherever and whenever possible.
This experiential workshop is a metaphor for finding beauty in what is broken and finding the seeds of new life in the dark of winter. Learning to trust the process of death, decay and rebirth whether we’re thinking about a fractured relationship; a health crisis; our political structures; the climate crisis or our favorite flower garden. The workshop also lends itself to the process of letting go of what no longer serves us - or letting go of the previous year - making room for what’s to come in 2025; preparing ourselves to be open to finding beauty however it presents.
Participants choose what issue or intent they wish to work on and have the option of sharing it or keeping it private. We set our intention on a ceramic tile or bowl which we break. We repair and rebuild the brokenness into a collage of color, shape, texture creating a web of beauty that represents the forward movement of the web of life.
All art materials will be provided. No art experience needed to participate. The workshop is appropriate for older teens and adults of all ages. There will be a lunch break - bring your own lunch or walk into Camden to grab a bite to eat.
Being held at Children's Montessori School, Camden Maine *Requires walking up a full flight of stairs