‘Defying the dominant cultural messaging that only professionals should be allowed to do creative stuff, and the rest of us had better stick to consuming’ - Love this comment so much. As a creative person, there’s so much pressure to ‘sell’ everything one does, which puts a damper on the creative process and eliminates play and failure, but it’s often in failing that we learn much and it’s also what connects us to others, trying and experimenting together, we can create something wonderful.
This is enchanting! At the beginning of each art therapy, we acknowledge that harm that we have done as settlers on this land. It has been powerful and impactful for me each time as we have explored so many indigenous artists, poets and creators. I am so interested in exploring Lucy's work further and delving in to my own expansion of art in a way that is inclusive and enchanting.
I love thinking of folk in this framing--and how real it is that the legacies of imperialism and colonialism isolate us from the lands we live on, for so many of us here in the US and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. Thanks so much for this fascinating look into her work!
Also--when I last visited friends in the UK--retirees who go to the pub each Wednesday afternoon for a Ukelele session, I went with them and I can't remember having a better time, honestly. Pub sessions are the best--we need more of that everywhere. ;)
‘Defying the dominant cultural messaging that only professionals should be allowed to do creative stuff, and the rest of us had better stick to consuming’ - Love this comment so much. As a creative person, there’s so much pressure to ‘sell’ everything one does, which puts a damper on the creative process and eliminates play and failure, but it’s often in failing that we learn much and it’s also what connects us to others, trying and experimenting together, we can create something wonderful.
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This is enchanting! At the beginning of each art therapy, we acknowledge that harm that we have done as settlers on this land. It has been powerful and impactful for me each time as we have explored so many indigenous artists, poets and creators. I am so interested in exploring Lucy's work further and delving in to my own expansion of art in a way that is inclusive and enchanting.
I think you might be kindred spirits :)
I love thinking of folk in this framing--and how real it is that the legacies of imperialism and colonialism isolate us from the lands we live on, for so many of us here in the US and Canada, Australia, New Zealand, etc. Thanks so much for this fascinating look into her work!
Also--when I last visited friends in the UK--retirees who go to the pub each Wednesday afternoon for a Ukelele session, I went with them and I can't remember having a better time, honestly. Pub sessions are the best--we need more of that everywhere. ;)
This is absolutely true! Unfortunately there aren’t that many pub sessions left, but they are one of the best things to find yourself tangled up in :)
honestly can’t remember when i’ve felt more joy. it’s the best! 💜