Preparing for a New Workshop

 

Scroll Sketching

Agenda

Beginning statement to students.

Sketching in a book has been a host for a combination of paper, collage, textiles, found objects, pencil, charcoal, watercolors, and a wide range of mixed-media techniques. A sketchbook can be an act of illustrating our dailiness, a visual record of our journey and a starting point of more contemplative works. 

Let us look at this as beginners, instead of a book to sketch in, we are deconstructing to construct in an old but new way, the way of scroll sketching.  Segments and section to a series of entries individually created, assembled with glue, hand, and machine stitches. Fibrous rolls of intuitive inspiration gathered from our surroundings and the environments of our lands and hearts.

 As an elder and creative maker, I’ve come to the realization they are not to be separated. The acceptance of daily creative practice and action in ways of self-expression are as natural is as brushing one’s teeth and getting dressed for the day.

Our job is to venture out, as artists, we explore the territory of the human heart, braving the dark woods to report to our human tribe that a trail can be found, and we will survive. As Artists, we are scouts of consciousness, trailblazers for community and culture. Quote -Julia Cameron.

We’ve been geared to focus on end results, but the process we are about to explore is much more.  The present moment, living with continued growth, gifts of learning and staying open to receive.  Small signs and signals, glimpses of color, strikes of line and images of the heart recorded with what every tool we choose in our hands.  We let go of what should and stay in the open fields of possibilities that happen by a change of direction, a small, unexpected trip, or risky jump. We enter the “Awe-moment” of that self-acceptance in the discovery of who we really are on the papers surface. We become real to ourselves.  Sacredly we roll our artistic beings in a continuous circle to be added to or be left just as we are after this experience.  The need to create that was once feed will long for the opportunities again and again.  Let us enjoy the journey of continued growth with our intuitive being.

I'm sharing this as I've been working with the statement I would like to read to my students, but maybe it was just for me to have on my personal agenda sheet.  I need some guidelines for what I'm to be instructing and guide the students in the workshop.  So taking the moment and really feeling the experience I felt as I was creating my own scrolls  ones that roll up and ones that hang down.  Staying in the present moment of what is right here in front of us is hard...the healing of our minds hearts and souls need to be done and way of pure creation, not end results just the joy of process...though not lying to you we do come to a completion of a creative process but only to begin a new.  Therapy or process work allowing ourselves to have creative outlets is so good for our self esteem and worth.  Ok doing that rambling thing...time to continue to pack.  

What do you think about process work is it more important then always working to the a end result?   Yes hard to make money from just process but in a healing way...I find it most satisficing.