NOTES FROM THE WORKSHOP | MARCH
Untitled (Children with Sparklers in Provincetown) ca. 1958. Robert Frank. Gelatin silver print.
‘Love begins with paying attention to others, with an act of gracious self-forgetting. This is the condition in which we grow.’
John O'Donohue, Anam Cara
What’s inspired us this month
Beyond From: Lines of Abstraction
'One of the hidden themes of the show, in many ways, is the role that many of the women in this show played both as artists but also as mothers, as carers, as nurturers'
A group exhibition presenting abstraction as a radical global language shared by women artists in the twenty years following World War II.
Water as healer, restoring a relationship of care
'Like grief ebb is not a state that is held in high regard or honoured much in our modern society of hyper productivity and over stimulation. In nature and natural cycles, the ebb is as essential as the flow. It should not be mistaken for insulation, cutting yourselves off or stagnation, which is what happens when we block and suppress emotions. Stagnant water has lost is vitality and life force, has become full of impurities. Whereas still water is pure and calm and appearing to be motionless, because still waters run deep”
Easkey Britton, Ebb and Flow
Learning to love the unknown
Born in Taiwan and raised in Scotland by her adoptive British parents, Chen su li (Nancy Fuller) is searching for her place in the world. When she discovers the ancient Japanese tradition of wood fired ceramics in an anagama kiln, her life shifts into focus.
A film by Asensio Comunicació Visual
Turning deserts into gardens
'The logical leap that many observers seemed to make was that the earth would be better off without humans. I reject that leap.'
3000 year old solutions to modern problems with musician, scholar and community organiser Lyla June.
The uplifting history of human kindness
'The instinct to cooperate rather than compete, trust rather than distrust, has an evolutionary basis going right back to the beginning of Homo sapiens.'
A book that contests the idea that we are innately self seeking by Rutger Bregman.
The healing nature of community gardens
‘There was no design, not even a plan, just an impulse to create a space of peace and healing for a neighbourhood of people brought closer together by tragedy’
The inspirational story of Tayshan Hayden Smith, an ex-pro footballer turned horticulturalist.
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