We set out on a journey together in May 2011 and for some of us lots of challenges and changes have happened along the way. What we all wanted to do was to keep our practice going and share it with others, to inspire and connect. This blog posting will record a journey from a number of different people and perspectives over a six month period of sending postkards to each other
LINDA JANEJAMES
the everyday image, the discarded, something about the bird at the centre of everything
In the sunshine making a termite mound out of found plastic and other random materials. Stanley, aged five created the structure and through the sunshine came the termite hunter.
Philosophy for Children (aged four and five)
WHY DO WE PAINT FLOWERS?
Exploring my work using digital flower drawings, astro turf, daffodils and a poetry and movement poem called - It's Spring, we explored one of the questions that the four year olds came up with - Why do we paint flowers? The conversation was rich and exciting, little hands holding onto daffodils, minds thinking about what a flower is and why we draw them. Full details to follow about some of their conversations. I wanted to work with this very young age group as I am aware of their total fascination with flowers and animals and how as we get older we spend very little time questionning why we don't continue with that interest and curiosity. I have recently visited the Marianne North Gallery in Kew a number of times, in awe of her lifetimes fascination with flowers and the environment. A passion shining through her work that the Shirley Sherwood Gallery next door has a total failure to acknowledge with lifeless botanical drawings where there is little ability to tell one artist from another - an unemotional response to pure joy.
A google search finds Germaine Greer talk about the subject.
Download Where have all the flowers gone
International Year of the Forest 2011
March 22
World Water Day
April 22
Earth Day
May 9 - 10
World Migratory Bird Day
May 22
International Day for Biological Diversity: Biodiversity and Forests
June 05
World Environment Day
June 17
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
UNCCD Secretariat
August 09
International Day of the World's Indigenous People
September
Global Forest Conference for Children Environment Online
October 16
World Food Day
17th February 2011
Great news today in this International Year of Forests that David Cameron et al have done a U-turn on selling off the Forests of the UK. Trees have become something I have always taken an interest in my practice so this will be a great excuse to do more work with them this year. I have been collecting images of a lime tree in my back garden for some years now so I hope that perhaps in this year I will make a show of them
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