Friday, December 5, 2014

Drawing Characters into a scene

I think that this activity was one of the most resonant for me in the class. When I led the activity with my family and friends and we did the share back at the end, I also shared with them what I had done for mine in the class. The two characters I chose to depict were called "invisible observer" and "righteous judge" - two roles that I do take on, which interestingly contain some opposing traits. In some ways I think these two characters (within me) try to compensate for one another's extreme natures. Perhaps if they both trusted that components of each other were okay and could exist without a fight, they could both tone down. I drew the characters into a courtroom with each other- with the righteous judge being a literal judge, and the silent observer sitting in the back corner. I really enjoyed drawing this image in black and white- it was one of those limits that ends up feeling expansive. Since doing this activity I have been imagining taking the direction of drawing a third character that combines components I'd like to keep from each of the others. What comes to mind is drawing in reddish/orange in the middle of the page a figure that stands tall, confident, and relaxed, calmly aware of it's surroundings and dynamics happening around it, but centered and grounded in its own experience, with a loving but clear sense of its sense of what is right.


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