This week, I had one of the best part time jobs in the world... teaching stage combat to a bunch of kids in a summer program. I had done it last summer and like last summer it was challenging and fun and over waaay too fast. Eleven kids, eight to twelve years old and five three hour sessions, to give them some knowledge of stage combat and physical comedy. They were total kids... silly, spastic, charming, needy, unbelievably creative, completely exhausting. Awkward, beautiful, fragile, clumsy, glorious kids. The first day of the session I asked them to write their names on pieces of paper, so that i could take mugshots of them and hopefully get some idea of their personalities and imaginations. Best idea I've had in a while... I had kids who knew each other, kids who hung out together, kids who'd never met before. It's amazing how fast they make friends with each other. I came in that first day and started tossing around some basketballs, hoping they might play. I shouldn...
Oh my. I especially like the first one. There is an age and wisdom in the face especially in the shots on the Etsy page. The sunflower has such warmth.Are the petals metallic?
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them. the first one is my favorite... as I started playing with the martini picks, it took on a native american feel to me. Yeah, the flower is very, I don't know, loving? ... the original flower that I built it on is stamped tin.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the native american feel to it. I was trying to put my finger on the spiritual, earth/ocean force I felt in it, and that description clicked for me. Great title, too!
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