These pieces were created during the January residency starting semester two of the MAAT program at St Mary of-the-Woods College in Indiana. At the conclusion of our first gathering, we created small "stones" to carry with us through the semester and inspire us with a personal message or thought when things become challenging, stressful, etc. (Not if, when). My personal goal for the semester is to just Be in the moment, experience and enjoy the process. This is something I've wanted to do since I graduated from University of Tennessee with my BFA in the late '90s.
My "stone" shows a man blissed out in the moment of creating music, on the backside it says, "Dont Worry" and "Sheer joy"
During the second day of the residency, we had art creation time, and were given the directive to create a piece that reiterates or elaborates upon the intention of the stone.
On the final day at the conclusion of our Clinical Art Therapy class, we created group art pieces. Starting with an independent piece that we then tore into chunks, we shared out our chunks, then created another independent piece using the group's pieces. My final work depicted a man sailing away on his journey. All the little flying creatures are my cohorts flying off to their various corners of the world, from California to Florida to Hong Kong.
